The biofilm primer
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Bibliographic Information
The biofilm primer
（Springer series on biofilms, 1）
Springer, c2007
Available at 4 libraries
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-195) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book details the widely accepted hypothesis that the majority of bacteria in virtually all ecosystems grow in matrix-enclosed biofilms. The author, who first proposed this biofilm hypothesis, uses direct evidence from microscopy and from molecular techniques, arguing cogently for moving beyond conventional culture methods that dominated microbiology in the last century. Bacteria grow predominantly in biofilms in natural, engineered, and pathogenic ecosystems; this book provides a solid basis for the understanding of bacterial processes in environmental, industrial, agricultural, dental and medical microbiology. Using a unique "ecological" perspective, the author explores the commensal and pathogenic colonization of human organ systems.
Table of Contents
Direct Observations.- Control of all Biofilm Strategies and Behaviours.- The Microbiology of the Healthy Human Body.- Replacement of Acute Planctonic by Chronic Biofilm Diseases.- Toward a Unified Biofilm Theory.- References.
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