Editorial: Rising stars in biofilms 2022

[Excerpt] The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, including globally-disseminated multidrug-resistant strains, has become one of the most alarming threats for human health. Fundamentally originated by an inadequate use of antibiotics in clinical and nonclinical settings, infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria are currently responsible for around two million deaths each year and are estimated to be the cause of death of as many as 10 million people yearly by 2050 (O'Neill, 2016).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio