ReviewBiofilm2020
Microsystems for biofilm characterization and sensing - A review.
Review in Biofilm, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 28 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Applications of Lab on a Chip in Antimicrobial Susceptibility ofMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Non-aureus staphylococci and mammaliicocci as a cause of mastitis in domestic ruminants: current knowledge, advances, biomedical applications, and future perspectives - a systematic review.Veterinary research communications · 2023Pooled it
- Emerging Microbiological and Sensor-Based Approaches for Biofilm Detection in Meat and Poultry Processing Environments.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Exploring the anti-biofilm effect of darobactin B and colistin in static and dynamic environments.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Natural Anti-Biofilm Agents: A Comprehensive Review and Future Perspectives.Current microbiology · 2025Review
- A model, mixed-species urinary catheter biofilm derived from spinal cord injury patients.Biofilm · 2025Article
- Is Increased Biofilm Formation Associated with Decreased Antimicrobial Susceptibility? A Systematic Literature Review.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- A Scorecard for Information Synthesis in Multiple Experimental Conditions: Application to Bacterial Biofilm Matrix Transcriptomics.Current microbiology · 2025Article
- Global challenges and microbial biofilms: Identification of priority questions in biofilm research, innovation and policy.Biofilm · 2024Article
- Electrochemical biosensors on microfluidic chips as promising tools to study microbial biofilms: a review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Review
- Novel Antibacterial Agents SAAP-148 and Halicin Combat Gram-Negative Bacteria Colonizing Catheters.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- Antimicrobial Peptides Originating from Expression Libraries ofMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy-Based Sensing of Biofilms: A Comprehensive Review.Biosensors · 2023Review
- Ultraviolet control of bacterial biofilms in microfluidic chips.Biomicrofluidics · 2023Article
- Monitoring biofilm growth and dispersal in real-time with impedance biosensors.Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2023Article
- Real-Time Monitoring of Biofilm Formation Using a Noninvasive Impedance-Based Method.Sensors and actuators. B, Chemical · 2023Article
- How to study biofilms: technological advancements in clinical biofilm research.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023Review
- Flexible biofilm monitoring device.Engineering in life sciences · 2022Article
- A Microfluidic Approach for Quantitative Study of Spatial Heterogeneity in Bacterial Biofilms.Small science · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Biofilms are the primary cause of clinical bacterial infections and are impervious to typical amounts of antibiotics, necessitating very high doses for elimination. Therefore, it is imperative to have suitable methods for characterization to develop novel methods of treatment that can complement or replace existing approaches using significantly lower doses of antibiotics. This review presents some of the current developments in microsystems for characterization and sensing of bacterial biofilms. Initially, we review current standards for studying biofilms that are based on invasive and destructive end-point biofilm characterization. Additionally, biofilm formation and growth is extremely sensitive to various growth and environmental parameters that cause large variability in biofilms between repeated experiments, making it very difficult to compare experimental repeats and characterize the temporal characteristics of these organisms. To address these challenges, recent developments in the field have moved toward systems and miniature devices that can aid in the non-invasive characterization of bacterial biofilms. Our review focuses on several types of microsystems for biofilm evaluation including optical, electrochemical, and mechanical systems. This review will show how these devices can lead to better understanding of the physiology and function of these communities of bacteria, which can eventually lead to the development of novel treatments that do not rely on high-dosage antibiotics.
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