6) In a report to the New York Ophthalmological Society in 1912, Knapp noted that some patients who underwent cataract surgery later manifested clinical signs of dystrophia epithelialis with stromal and epithelial oedema, as described by Fuchs; (7) this is now known as pseudophakic bullous keratopathy (PBK), which is a complication of cataract ...
A biofilm is any group of microorganisms in which cells stick to each other and often also to a surface. These adherent cells become embedded within a slimy extracellular matrix that is composed of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS).
Current understanding of the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion and development. Biofilm growth is governed by a number of physical, chemical and biological processes. Attachment of a cell to a substrate is termed adhesion, and cell-to-cell attachment is termed cohesion.t is believed that the effect was due to a decrease in the bacterial surface polymer at lower temperatures as well as effects such as reduced surface area. However, Herald and Zottola [65] observed that the presence of bacterial surface appendages was dependent on temperature.