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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Biofilm Development with an Emphasis on Bacillus subtilis
• Physiology of Microbes in Biofilms
• Environmental Influences on Biofilm Development
• Quorum Sensing and Microbial Biofilms
• Innate and Induced Resistance Mechanisms of Bacterial Biofilms
• Multidrug Tolerance of Biofilms and Persister Cells
• Biofilms on Central Venous Catheters: Is Eradication Possible?
• Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Urinary Tract Infections
• Shifting Paradigms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Research
• Staphylococcal Biofilms
• Yersinia pestis Biofilm in the Flea Vector and Its Role in the Transmission of Plague
• Escherichia coli Biofilms.