Bacterial Biofilms

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Romeo, Tony (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, 322
• Subjects: 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...