The EPS matrix provides a dynamic, functional and protective shared space for biofilm cells, in which the bacteria not only ...

It is now realized that most bacteria live in a biofilm state, where cells aggregate together and surround themselves with a protective array of secreted molecules, called EPS (i.e., extracellular ...

Biofilms, ubiquitous bacterial communities embedded in a slimy matrix, are the oldest form of multicellularity on Earth; they ...

Ikuo Kimura and colleagues this time screened EPS-producing bacteria in human faeces donated by 472 people with and without obesity and found that the donors without obesity tend to host a lactic ...

The EPS matrix is typically composed of polysaccharides ... are protected against degradation with the biofilm. Finally, bacteria release signal molecules for a process of chemical communication ...