Biofilm Infections

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bjarnsholt, Thomas (Editor), Jensen, Peter Østrup (Editor), Moser, Claus (Editor), Høiby, Niels (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Cell biology.; Microbiology.; Bacteriology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.

There has been an increasing interest and emphasis on the sessile bacterial lifestyle biofilms since it was discovered that the vast majority of the total microbial biomass exists as biofilms. Leeuwenhoek first described the aggregation of bacteria in 1677, but it was only recently recognized as bei...