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List of contents
Foreword
Preface
Contributors
Chapter 1 Microbial Biofilms: An Introduction to Their Development, Properties and Clinical Implications
Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Neha Srivastava, Intekhab Islam, Kelvin Foong and Finbarr Allen
Chapter 2 Clinical Implications of Interkingdom Fungal and Bacterial Biofilms
Gordon Ramage, Lindsay E. O’Donnell, Ryan Kean, Eleanor Townsend and Ranjith Rajendran
Chapter 3 Oral Biofilms and Their Implication in Oral Diseases
Georgios N. Belibasakis and Nagihan Bostanci
Chapter 4 Composition and Diversity of Human Oral Microbiome
Preethi Balan, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne and Wim Crielaard
Chapter 5 Candida Biofilms: Properties, Antifungal Resistance and Novel Therapeutic Options
Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Thuyen Truong and Yue Wang
Chapter 6 Proteomics Approaches to Uncover the Drug Resistance Mechanisms of Microbial Biofilms
Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Tanujaa Suriyanarayanan,Lin Qingsong and Juan Antonio Vizcaíno
Chapter 7 Metabolomics of Microbial Biofilms: Current Status and Future Directions
Tanujaa Suriyanarayanan, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Wei Ling Ng, Shruti Pavagadhi and Sanjay Swarup
Chapter 8 Biofilm Persisters: Formation, Molecular Mechanisms and Strategies for Tackling
Peng Li, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne and Lijian Jin
Chapter 9 Host–Biofilm Interactions at Mucosal Surfaces and Implications in Human Health
Nityasri Venkiteswaran, Kassapa Ellepola, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Yuan Kun Lee, Kia Joo Puan and Siew Cheng Wong
Chapter 10 Synbiotics, a Fusion of Probiotics and Prebiotics, and Biogenics against Oral Biofilm-Associated Diseases
Tomoko Ohshima, Tomomi Kawai, Yukako Kojima, Nobuko Maeda and Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne
Index
About the author
Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne
Summary
Microbial biofilms is a relative new field, encompassing both clinical and environmental microbiology. This book presents an easily accessible and comprehensive survey of microbial biofilms and their role in human health and disease. It works well as a text and as a professional book with boxed text for emphasis and a clear and easily-referenced
