Microbiome and Biofilms

3 December 2024
4 June 2025

Special Collection on microbiome and biofilms in wound healing

Special Collection on microbiome and biofilms in wound healing

Host-microbe interactions are ubiquitous in the context of cutaneous wound healing. Microbial biofilms are known to contribute to delayed wound healing while the composition of the microbiome has been associated with a multitude of clinical factors, including healing outcomes. In this special collection, we bring together work covering a broad spectrum of microbiome research ranging from the role of biofilms, and pathogenic and commensal microbiota in acute and chronic wounds to diagnostic and treatment approaches.

Export Citation(s)Download PDF(s)

Table of Contents

Non-antibiotic approaches to mitigating wound infections: Potential for SSRIs and adrenergic antagonists as emerging therapeutics

Mirabel E. Dafinone BS,  Rawlings E. Lyle BS, MS,  Conan Lee BS,  Alisha Mehta BA,  Sara E. Dahle DPM,  R. Rivkah Isseroff MD, 

Clinical management of chronic wound infections: The battle against biofilm

Jennifer Hurlow GNP-BC, CWCN,  Randall D. Wolcott MD,  Philip G. Bowler MPhil, BSc, 
Open Access

A structural equation model predicts chronic wound healing time using patient characteristics and wound microbiome composition

Jacob Ancira MS,  Rebecca Gabrilska BS,  Craig Tipton PhD,  Clint Miller PhD,  Zachary Stickley PhD,  Khalid Omeir BS,  Catherine Wakeman PhD,  Todd Little PhD,  Joseph Wolcott MD,  Caleb D. Philips PhD, 
Open Access

Pressure injuries and biofilms: Microbiome, model systems and therapies

Fahad Kabir MSc,  Deborah Bow Yue Yung PhD,  Waleska Stephanie da Cruz Nizer PhD,  Kira Noelle Allison MSc,  Sandra Zigic BHSc,  Emily Russell BHSc,  Katrina G. DeZeeuw MD,  Jonah E. Marek MDCM,  Edana Cassol PhD,  Daniel Pletzer PhD,  Joerg Overhage PhD, 
Open Access

In vitro wound healing effects of postbiotics derived from the gut microbiota of long-lived blind mole rats, a model of healthy ageing

Hazal K. Demirhan BSc,  Zeynep B. Aksoy PhD,  Basar Karaca PhD,  Teoman Kankilic PhD,  Kamil C. Akcali MD,  Fadime Kiran PhD, 
Open Access

What is slough? Defining the proteomic and microbial composition of slough and its implications for wound healing

Elizabeth C. Townsend BA,  J. Z. Alex Cheong PhD,  Michael Radzietza PhD,  Blaine Fritz PhD,  Matthew Malone PhD,  Thomas Bjarnsholt PhD,  Karen Ousey PhD,  Terry Swanson MHSc, NP,  Gregory Schultz PhD,  Angela L. F. Gibson MD, PhD, FACS,  Lindsay R. Kalan PhD, 
Open Access

Multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis from chronic wounds impair healing in human wound model

Miroslav Dinić PhD,  Rebecca Verpile MS,  Jamie L. Burgess PhD,  Jingjing Ming PhD,  Jelena Marjanovic PhD,  Carmen Nicole Beliz BS,  Lisa Plano PhD,  Suzanne Hower PhD,  Seth R. Thaller MD,  Santanu Banerjee PhD,  Hadar Lev-Tov MD,  Marjana Tomic-Canic PhD,  Irena Pastar PhD, 
Open Access

The heterogeneous wound microbiome varies with wound care pain, dressing type, and inflammatory gene expression

Amy Campbell BA,  Jaewon Bae MSN, RN,  Maria Hein MSW,  Stephen L. Hillis PhD,  Olivia N. Rebeck BS,  Barbara A. Rakel PhD, RN, FAAN,  Elizabeth Grice PhD,  Sue E. Gardner PhD, RN, FAAN, 
Open Access

Temporal microbiome changes in axolotl limb regeneration: Stage-specific restructuring of bacterial and fungal communities with a Flavobacterium bloom during blastema proliferation

Hanne Altın MS,  Büşra Delice MS,  Berna Yıldırım PhD,  Turan Demircan PhD,  Süleyman Yıldırım PhD, 

Anaerobic bacteria in chronic wounds: Roles in disease, infection and treatment failure

Alison Coluccio BS,  Francia Lopez Palomera BS,  Melanie A. Spero PhD, 

Association of biofilm and microbial metrics with healing rate in older adults with chronic venous leg ulcers

Philip S. Stewart PhD,  Junglyun Kim PhD,  Garth James PhD,  Fan Yi PhD,  Joyce Stechmiller PhD,  Michael Weaver PhD,  Debra L. Kelly PhD, RN,  Steve Fisher BS,  Gregory Schultz PhD,  Debra Lyon PhD,