Center for Biofilm Engineering

Media Coverage

 

 

Advance


Biofilms: The Ingenious Enemy

Advance November 5, 2007

Read the full article in Advance: http://laboratorian.advanceweb.com/

 

 

Microbiology Today


The aesthetic microbe: ProkaryArt and EukaryArt

by Simon Park
Microbiology Today August 2007, 126-129

 

 

Standardization News


Committee on Pesticides Approves Second Biofilm Standard
ASTM International Standards Worldwide http://www.astm.org
Standardization News, August 2007

Read full story:  http://www.biofilm.montana.edu/Res-Lib99-SW/newsarchives/html/2007/ASTM_Biofilm_Standard.htm

 

 

Technology Review


Blasting Biofilms with Viruses

By K. Bourzac

Technology Review, 2007

 

 

PNAS


Dispersing Biofilms with Engineered Enzymatic Bacteriophage

By Timothy K. Lu and James J. Collins

PNAS 2007; 104:11197-11202; published online before print as 10.1073/pnas.0704624104

 

 

L.A. Times


Biofilms slimy layers of bacteria that antibiotics don't fully kill — are found in hospitals, kitchens, even your mouth.  Scientists are on the attack.

By Erin Cline, Special to The Times

L.A. Times June 11, 2007 Health Section

 

 

Chemical & Engineering News


Bacterial Conversations

Using a chemical language, bacteria coordinate everything from infection to plaque buildup

By Sarah Everts

Chemical & Engineering News  October 23, 2006 84(43):17-26  Cover story

Subscribers: http://pubs.acs.org/cen/coverstory/84/8443cover.html

 

 

Montana CBS KBZK


Face of the State

Featuring new NIH grant to study biofilms in chronic wounds

CBS station KBZK (channel 4) July 30, 2006; 9:00am


 

Science News


Microbial Moxie; Bacteria-based fuel cells provide power

By Aimee Cunningham

Science News February 4, 2006, Vol 169(5):72-73

 

 

Montana PBS


Fighting for Life: Emelia's Story

By Sara Shier

Montana PBS May 19, 2005; 7:30pm and May 23, 2005; 11:30am
Distributed by KUSM/MontanaPBS, MSU Bozeman.
TERRA: http://www.montanapbs.org/Terra/episode103/

 

 

BioTechniques: The International Journal of Life Science Methods


Living Canvas

By Kevin Ahern

BioTechniques January 2005; Vol 38(1):21
See full article at: http://www.erc.montana.edu/Res-Lib99-SW/newsarchives/HTML/2005/BioTechniques.htm

 

 

Biophotonics International


Dealing with Bacterial Attachments

By Hank Hogan

Biophotonics International August 2004; 11(8):48-50

 

 

 

Horizon Air Magazine


Promising Prospects

By Mary Pat Murphy

Horizon Air Magazine July 2004; M7

 

 

 

The Scientist


Glucans Mediate Biofilm Resistance  (free registration required)

By David Secko

The Scientist, November 20, 2003

 

 

 

The Boston Globe


Germs Can Lurk in Water Bottles
By Cathryn M. Delude

The Boston Globe, June 03, 2003

 

 

The Boston Globe


Germs Throw Cold Water on Hot Tub Hygiene
By Cathryn M. Delude

The Boston Globe, May 06, 2003, B13
 

 

Nature Biotechnology


Slimy Business—The Biotechnology of Biofilms (pdf file)
By Beth Schachter

Nature Biotechnology, April 2003, 21:361-365

 

The Boston Globe


Culprit in Ear Infections is a 'Biofilm' that Protects Bacteria
By Cathryn M. Delude

The Boston Globe, May 28, 2002, C5

 

Your World


Biofilms and Quorum Sensing:  The Gang's All Here (pdf file)
By Cathryn M. Delude

Your World, Spring 2002, 6-7

 

 

ASM News


Implanted Heart Devices Prone to Silent and Dangerous Staph Infection
By Brian Hoyle

ASM News, December 2001, 67(12):604-605

 

National Wildlife


A Tale of Slime Cities
By Elia Ben-Ari

National Wildlife, Aug/Sep 2001, 18-19

 

Scientific American


Battling Biofilms
By J.W. Costerton and P.S. Stewart

Scientific American, July 2001, 285(1):74-81

 

Science News


Sticky Situations
Scientists are beginning to understand how bacteria find strength in numbers
By Jessa Netting

Science News, 14 July 2001, 160:28-30

 

Natural History


Tiny Conspiracies
Cell-to-cell communication allows bacteria to coordinate their activity
By Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University; biofilm illustration by Peg Dirckx, CBE

Natural History, May 2001 

 

U.S. News & World Report


Taking Aim at the Citadels of Slime
Bacterial 'cities' offer new insights into disease

By Amanda Spake

U.S. News & World Report, Science & Ideas, 14 August 2000

 

 

Science


Bacterial Biofilms: A Common Cause of Persistent Infections

by J.W. Costerton, P.S. Stewart, and E.P. Greenberg

Science, 21 May 1999, 284(5418):1318-1322.

 

 

Business Week


Getting a Grip on Bacterial Slime

by Ellen Licking in New York

Business Week, 13 September 1999, pp 98-100.

 

 

The Analyst


The Problem:  Not Just Bacteria–Bacterial Biofilms

by J.W. Costerton, A.K. Camper, P.S. Stewart, N. Zelver, and

M.E. Dirckx

The Analyst, Summer 1999, 6(3):18-25. 

 

 

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