Bacterial Biofilms

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Romeo, Tony (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Σειρά: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 322
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Pharmacology.; Infectious diseases.; Biomedicine.; Medical Microbiology.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Infectious Diseases.

Throughout the biological world, bacteria thrive predominantly in surface attached, matrix enclosed, multicellular communities or biofilms, as opposed to isolated planktonic cells. This choice of lifestyle is not trivial, as it involves major shifts in the use of genetic information and cellular ene...