ReviewCurrent opinion in microbiology2016
Escaping the biofilm in more than one way: desorption, detachment or dispersion.
Review in Current opinion in microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 112 papers.
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112 citing papers in PubMed, 275 citations in OpenAlex.
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- To Move or Not to Move: When and How Bacteria Suppress Flagellar Motility.Molecular microbiology · 2026Review
- The biofilm detachment modes and mechanisms in porous media.Biodegradation · 2026Review
- Fragmented but functional: Post-dispersion dynamics and phenotypic variation in dispersed biofilm-associated cells.Biofilm · 2026Article
- Pathogen Evasion of Humoral Innate Immunity: Coping with C-Reactive Protein and Serum Amyloid A.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Fatty Acids as Prebiotics and Their Role in Antibiofilm Activity.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Comparative proteomics reveals hydrogenase-centered steel-dependent growth and corrosion inFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Rapid means of biofilm disruption induce the newly released (NRel) phenotype of enhanced antibiotic sensitivity.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Role of the PhoP/PhoQ Two-Component Regulatory System in Biofilm Formation in Acid-AdaptedFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Nitric oxide promotes rapid development of motility to accelerate biofilm dispersal inProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Unravelling the Complexity of Biofilms-New Mechanistic Insights and Control Strategies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Dispersal Mechanisms in Biofilm Control: Characteristics, Induction, Impacts, and Therapeutic Potential.Current microbiology · 2025Review
- A new bactericidal chlorinated derivative containing 2-aminooxazole potentiates antibacterial action of colistin against multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii.Medical microbiology and immunology · 2025Article
- Microplastics-AssistedFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- An engineered peptide derived from the innate immune effector high-mobility group box 1 disrupts and prevents dual-genera biofilms formed by common respiratory tract pathogens.FEMS microbiology letters · 2025Article
- Green Tea Extract (Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Human PMNs exhibit greater engulfment, NETosis, and enhanced migration when incubated with nontypeableFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Biofilm bacteria have developed escape strategies to avoid stresses associated with biofilm growth, respond to changing environmental conditions, and disseminate to new locations. An ever-expanding body of research suggests that cellular release from biofilms is distinct from a simple reversal of attachment and reversion to a planktonic mode of growth, with biofilm dispersion involving sensing of specific cues, regulatory signal transduction, and consequent physiological alterations. However, dispersion is only one of many ways to escape the biofilm mode of growth. The present review is aimed at distinguishing this active and regulated process of dispersion from the passive processes of desorption and detachment by highlighting the regulatory processes and distinct phenotypes specific to dispersed cells.
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