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Biofilm Highlights [electronic resource] / edited by Hans-Curt Flemming, Jost Wingender, Ulrich Szewzyk.

By: Flemming, Hans-Curt [editor.].
Contributor(s): Wingender, Jost [editor.] | Szewzyk, Ulrich [editor.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Series on Biofilms: 5Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011Edition: First.Description: XII, 244 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783642199400.Subject(s): Life sciences | Microbiology | Environmental pollution | Surfaces (Physics) | Life Sciences | Microbiology | Applied Microbiology | Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution | Medical Microbiology | Characterization and Evaluation of MaterialsDDC classification: 579 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Biofilm Dispersion -- Competition, communication, cooperation - molecular crosstalk in multispecies biofilms -- Functional bacterial amyloids in biofilms.-   Neutrophilic iron depositing microorganisms -- Microbial biofouling – unsolved problems, insufficient approaches and possible solutions.-  Advances in biofilm mechanics -- Wound healing by an anti-staphylococcal biofilm approach.-  Interfering with “Bacterial Gossip” -- Pathogens in Biofilms.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: Living in biofilms is the common way of life of microorganisms, transiently immobilized in their matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), interacting in many ways and using the matrix as an external digestion and protection system. This is how they have organized their life in the environment, in the medical context and in technical systems – and has helped make them the oldest, most successful and ubiquitous form of life. In this book, hot spots in current biofilm research are presented in critical and sometimes provocative chapters. This serves a twofold purpose: to provide an overview and to inspire further discussions. Above all, the book seeks to stimulate lateral thinking.
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Biofilm Dispersion -- Competition, communication, cooperation - molecular crosstalk in multispecies biofilms -- Functional bacterial amyloids in biofilms.-   Neutrophilic iron depositing microorganisms -- Microbial biofouling – unsolved problems, insufficient approaches and possible solutions.-  Advances in biofilm mechanics -- Wound healing by an anti-staphylococcal biofilm approach.-  Interfering with “Bacterial Gossip” -- Pathogens in Biofilms.

Living in biofilms is the common way of life of microorganisms, transiently immobilized in their matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), interacting in many ways and using the matrix as an external digestion and protection system. This is how they have organized their life in the environment, in the medical context and in technical systems – and has helped make them the oldest, most successful and ubiquitous form of life. In this book, hot spots in current biofilm research are presented in critical and sometimes provocative chapters. This serves a twofold purpose: to provide an overview and to inspire further discussions. Above all, the book seeks to stimulate lateral thinking.

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