First Evidence That Bacteria Get 'Touchy-feely' About Dangerous Biofilms
Date: 21.5.2008
Researchers in Massachusetts report for the first time that **bacteria** use a sense of touch in deciding where to form **biofilms**. Those colonies of microbes grow on medical implants and other devices and play a key role in the multi-billion-dollar-per-year problem of antibiotic resistant infections.
Whole article on "sciencedaily":[ http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080519101927.htm]
