Abstracts of an international conference “Biofilms II: Attachment and detachment in pure and mixed cultures”, held at the Leipziger Kubus UFZ Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany, from 23 March to 24 March 2006 (2005)

The effect of growth and detachment on formation of large-scale biofilm structure Biofilm cohesive energy density determination using a novel atomic force microscopy methodology Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy under two-photon excitation for the study of diffusion and reactivity of bacteriophage inside bacterial biofilms Biothermodynamic characterization and dynamic analysis of biofilms using calorimetry Biomimetic antifouling coatings for sensor surfaces for water monitoring: performance control in defined biofilm cultures and under real environmental conditions The contribution of rpos to formation of Escherichia coli biofilms Synergistic effects in mixed Escherichia coli biofilms: conjugative plasmid transfer drives biofilm expansion The universal stress protein PA3309 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is induced in biofilms Extracellular polymeric substances from biofilms on membranes in waste-water treatment plants Biofilm-to-planktonic cell yield: a strategy for proliferation Physiological and phylogenetic characterization of the dispersed and loosely attached fraction of activated sludge flocs Towards a deterministic model of biofilm detachment: an experimental study Effect of backwash on the characteristics of biofilm in a biological activated filter reactor using elemental sulfur particles Process performance and biomass properties in membrane-aerated bioreactors Bioaugmentation via conjugation in biofilms treating 3-chloroaniline: effects of selective pressure Effect of phosphorus on biofilm growth in a completely mixed biofilm reactor Impacts of biofilm development on reactive transport in porous media under variable flow regimens Influence of biofilms on colloid mobility in the subsurface Biofilms in amendable in situ microcosms indicate relevant electron acceptor processes at a BTEX-contaminated aquifer Functional biodiversity of complex biofilms grown on polychlorinated biphenyl oil Identification and characterization of biofilm formation phenotypes of several clinically relevant Streptococcus pyogenes serotype strains Selected probiotic bacteria disrupt biofilm development of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium Comparison of the extracellular polymeric substances of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis biofilms Influence of quorum-sensing regulated production of an antimicrobial component by Serratia plymuthica on establishment of dual species biofilms with Escherichia coli Biofilm formation by the thermophilic and cellulolytic actinomycete Thermobifida fusca Biomonitoring of bacterial contamination on different surfaces of food-processing machines Role of the flagella during the adhesion of Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e to inert surfaces after cultivation at different pHs and temperatures Adhesion of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to stainless steel: influence of surface properties Investigating the mechanical strength of biofilms with fluid dynamic gauging Three-dimensional biofilm model with individual cells and continuum extracellular polymeric substances matrix A three-dimensional computer model analysis of four hypothetical biofilm detachment mechanisms Modelling biofilm growth, detachment and fluid flow in a cross-section of tube reactors Biofilm games