Biological Adhesives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Smith, Andrew M. (Editor), Callow, James A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Biotechnology.; Biochemistry.; Microbiology.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomaterials.; Life Sciences.; Biochemistry, general.; Microengineering.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.

Many plants, animals, and microbes use adhesive polymers and structures to attach to inert substrates, to each other, or to other organisms. This is the first major review that brings together research on many of the well-known biological adhesives. Emphasizing the diversity of biological adhesives...

Table of Contents:

• Mechanical Properties of Bacterial Exopolymeric Adhesives and their Commercial Development
• The Molecular Genetics of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Formation
• Adhesion and Adhesives of Fungi and Oomycetes
• The Ulva Spore Adhesive System
• Diatom Adhesives: Molecular and Mechanical Properties
• Phenolic-based Adhesives of Marine Brown Algae
• Chemical Subtleties of Mussel and Polychaete Holdfasts
• Barnacle Underwater Attachment
• The Biochemistry and Mechanics of Gastropod Adhesive Gels
• Adhesive Secretions in Echinoderms: An Overview
• An Adhesive Secreted by Australian Frogs of the Genus Notaden
• Properties, Principles, and Parameters of the Gecko Adhesive System
• Biomimetic Adhesive Polymers Based on Mussel Adhesive Proteins.