Bacterial Adhesion Chemistry, Biology and Physics /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Linke, Dirk (Editor), Goldman, Adrian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 715
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Proteins.; Microbiology.; Biology > Technique.; Biophysics.; Biological physics.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Biological Techniques.; Medical Microbiology.; Biophysics and Biological Physics.; Protein Structure.

Adhesion plays a major role in the bacterial lifestyle. Bacteria can adhere to organic and inorganic surfaces, to each other, and of course to host cells during pathogenesis. The focus of this book is: how are such adhesion phenomena best studied? Microbial genetics experiments have greatly enhanced...