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What are the factors affecting biofilm formation?
Bacterial adhesion, EPS, quorum sensing, physio-chemical properties of surface, conditioning films, hydrodynamics, characteristic of aqueous medium
What are the environmental impacts of biofilms?
Biofilm can cause fouling and corrosion of wet surfaces, clogging of filtration membranes, and act as reservoirs of pathogens in distribution systems for drinking water.
What are the methods to recover bacteria from medical devices for identification?
Roll plate, vortex viable count, sonicate, endoluminal brush, acridine orange direct staining
What are the treatment and clinical diagnosis issues related to biofilms?
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What is the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) and when was it initiated?
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What percentage of hospital and community-acquired infections are accountable for by biofilms?
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Where do biofilms form on living tissues?
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What do biopolymers mainly consist of in the biofilm matrix?
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What are the roles of the biofilm matrix?
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What determines the biofilm architecture?
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What is the role of quorum sensing in biofilm formation?
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What are the physiochemical properties of surfaces that microbes prefer for attachment in biofilm formation?
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What are the limitations of the VSVM method in detecting microbial biofilms?
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What are the treatment issues related to biofilms, particularly in terms of drug resistance?
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What is the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) and what is its primary objective?
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