Biofilms with a Dash of Color: A Hands-On Activity for School Students to Build a Biofilm Model and Use It to Understand Antibiotic Tolerance in Biofilms

ABSTRACT It is increasingly recognized that microbes such as bacteria exist in communities or biofilms, both in the environment and human body. However, school biology curricula continue to focus on the free-floating form of bacterial life, with minimal descriptions of biofilms. Consequently, there...

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Main Authors: Snehal Kadam, Kashish Methwani, Karishma S. Kaushik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00099-22