Department of Infectious Diseases, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, United States.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023 Aug 30;13:1237164. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1237164. eCollection 2023.
Bacterial biofilms can be found in most environments on our planet, and the human body is no exception. Consisting of microbial cells encased in a matrix of extracellular polymers, biofilms enable bacteria to sequester themselves in favorable niches, while also increasing their ability to resist numerous stresses and survive under hostile circumstances. In recent decades, biofilms have increasingly been recognized as a major contributor to the pathogenesis of chronic infections. However, biofilms also occur in or on certain tissues in healthy individuals, and their constituent species are not restricted to canonical pathogens. In this review, we discuss the evidence for where, when, and what types of biofilms occur in the human body, as well as the diverse ways in which they can impact host health under homeostatic and dysbiotic states.
细菌生物膜可以在我们星球上的大多数环境中找到,人体也不例外。生物膜由包裹在细胞外聚合物基质中的微生物细胞组成,使细菌能够将自己隔离在有利的小生境中,同时提高其抵抗多种压力和在恶劣环境中生存的能力。近几十年来,生物膜已被越来越多地认为是慢性感染发病机制的主要因素。然而,生物膜也存在于健康个体的某些组织中或其表面,其组成物种不仅限于典型的病原体。在这篇综述中,我们讨论了生物膜在人体中出现的位置、时间和类型,以及它们在稳态和生态失调状态下通过多种方式影响宿主健康的方式。