Biofilm Highlights

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Flemming, Hans-Curt (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Wingender, Jost (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Szewzyk, Ulrich (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Έκδοση: First.
• Σειρά: Springer Series on Biofilms, 5
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Medical microbiology.; Microbiology.; Water pollution.; Materials science.; Life Sciences.; Applied Microbiology.; Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution.; Medical Microbiology.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XII, 244 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783642199400
• ISSN: 1863-9607 ;

Living in biofilms is the common way of life of microorganisms, transiently immobilized in their matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), interacting in many ways and using the matrix as an external digestion and protection system. This is how they have organized their life in the environment, in the medical context and in technical systems – and has helped make them the oldest, most successful and ubiquitous form of life. In this book, hot spots in current biofilm research are presented in critical and sometimes provocative chapters. This serves a twofold purpose: to provide an overview and to inspire further discussions. Above all, the book seeks to stimulate lateral thinking.