Community Structure and Co-Operation in Biofilms

Klappentext This book aims to distil the common principles of biofilm physiology and growth for all interested disciplines. Zusammenfassung Biofilm is of interest to a range of disciplines! from medicine to water technology. Although the habitats differ widely! common elements exist such as attachment! coadhesion and regulation of biofilm phenotype and architecture. This book aims to distil the common principles of biofilm physiology and growth for all interested disciplines. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of contributors; Preface; 1. An overview of biofilms as functional communities J. Wimpenny; 2. Initial microbial adhesion events: mechanisms and implications H. J. Busscher and H. C. van der Mei; 3. Physiological events in biofilm formation D. G. Davies; 4. Environmental and genetic factors influencing biofilm structure P. Stoodley, L. Hall-Stoodley, J. D. Boyle, F. Jørgensen and H. M. Lappin-Scott; 5. Coaggregation and coadhesion in oral biofilms P. E. Kolenbrander, R. N. Andersen, K. M. Kazmerzak and R. J. Palmer, Jr; 6. Cohesiveness in biofilm matrix polymers H.-C. Flemming, J. Wingender, C. Mayer, V. Körstgens and W. Borchard; 7. Microbial detachment from biofilms G. F. Moore, B. C. Dunsmore, S. M. Jones, C. W. Smejkal, J. Jass, P. Stoodley and H. M. Lappin-Scott; 8. Modelling and predicting biofilm structure C. Picioreanu, M. C. M. van Loosdrecht and J. J. Heijnen; 9. Microbial community interactions in biofilms P. D. Marsh and G. H. W. Bowden; 10. Microbial communities: aggregates of individuals or co-ordinated systems S. Molin, J. A. J. Haagensen, K. B. Barken and C. Sternberg; 11. Gene transfer in biofilms L. J. Ehlers; 12. Population dynamics in microbial biofilms A. J. McBain, D. G. Allison and P. Gilbert; 13. Biodegradation by biofilm communities G. M. Wolfaardt, D. R. Korber, S. Karthikeyan and D. E. Caldwell; 14. Biofilms and prosthetic devices R. Bayston; 15. Biofilms: problems of control D. G. Allison, A. J. McBain and P. Gilbert; 16. Biofilms in the New Millennium: musings from a peak in Xanadu J. W. Costerton; Index....

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• Authors: David Allison, David G. Allison, David G. (University of Manchester) Gilbe Allison, David G. Etc. Gilbert Allison, Peter Gilbert, Society for General Microbiology
• Assisted by: David G. Allison (Editor), David G. (University of Manchester) Allison (Editor), etc. (Editor), P. Gilbert (Editor), P. (University of Manchester) Gilbert (Editor), H. M. Lappin-Scott (Editor), H. M. (University of Exeter) Lappin-Scott (Editor), M. Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2000
• EAN: 9780521793025
• ISBN: 978-0-521-79302-5
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Society for General Microbiolo; Society for General Microbiology Symposia; Society for General Microbiolo; Society for General Microbiology Symposia
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > General, dictionaries