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The biofilm primer

volume author, J. William Costerton

(Springer series on biofilms, 1)

Springer, c2007

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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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Details

  • NCID
    BB01689813
  • ISBN
    • 9783540680215
  • LCCN
    2006939146
  • Country Code
    gw
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Berlin
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 199 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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