Biofilms: from the cradle of life to life support

Katherine J. Baxter, Eszter Sas, Kevin B. Clark, Michaela Walsh, Nikhil Pradeep, Alavia Batool, Charles Naney, Miguel Angel Vargas Cruz, Niamh Kennerdale, Kajari Das, Zhihan Shi, Anish Kelam, Vandana Verma, Marta Filipa Simões, Dirk Neefs, Vinothkannan Ravichandran, Madhan R. Tirumalai, Borja Barbero Barcenilla, Guerrino Macori, Emmanuel Gonzalez, Benjamin Sikes, Fathi Karouia, Nicholas J. B. Brereton

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DOI: 10.1038/s41522-025-00875-8
Published: 2026-01-22
Container: npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41522-025-00875-8,
  title = {Biofilms: from the cradle of life to life support},
  author = {Katherine J. Baxter and Eszter Sas and Kevin B. Clark and Michaela Walsh and Nikhil Pradeep and Alavia Batool and Charles Naney and Miguel Angel Vargas Cruz and Niamh Kennerdale and Kajari Das and Zhihan Shi and Anish Kelam and Vandana Verma and Marta Filipa Simões and Dirk Neefs and Vinothkannan Ravichandran and Madhan R. Tirumalai and Borja Barbero Barcenilla and Guerrino Macori and Emmanuel Gonzalez and Benjamin Sikes and Fathi Karouia and Nicholas J. B. Brereton},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {npj Biofilms and Microbiomes},
  doi = {10.1038/s41522-025-00875-8},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-025-00875-8}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Biofilms: from the cradle of life to life support
AU  - Katherine J. Baxter
AU  - Eszter Sas
AU  - Kevin B. Clark
AU  - Michaela Walsh
AU  - Nikhil Pradeep
AU  - Alavia Batool
AU  - Charles Naney
AU  - Miguel Angel Vargas Cruz
AU  - Niamh Kennerdale
AU  - Kajari Das
AU  - Zhihan Shi
AU  - Anish Kelam
AU  - Vandana Verma
AU  - Marta Filipa Simões
AU  - Dirk Neefs
AU  - Vinothkannan Ravichandran
AU  - Madhan R. Tirumalai
AU  - Borja Barbero Barcenilla
AU  - Guerrino Macori
AU  - Emmanuel Gonzalez
AU  - Benjamin Sikes
AU  - Fathi Karouia
AU  - Nicholas J. B. Brereton
PY  - 2026
JO  - npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
DO  - 10.1038/s41522-025-00875-8
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Baxter, K. J., Sas, E., Clark, K. B., Walsh, M., Pradeep, N., Batool, A., Naney, C., Cruz, M. A. V., Kennerdale, N., Das, K., Shi, Z., Kelam, A., Verma, V., Simões, M. F., Neefs, D., Ravichandran, V., Tirumalai, M. R., Barcenilla, B. B., Macori, G., Gonzalez, E., Sikes, B., Karouia, F., & Brereton, N. J. B. (2026). Biofilms: from the cradle of life to life support. npj Biofilms and Microbiomes. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-025-00875-8

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