Bacterial biofilms
By: Tony Romeo, editor
Series: Current topics in microbiology and immunology -- 322; Current topics in microbiology and immunology -- 322.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9783540754183; 9783540754176
Subjects: Life Sciences; Biofilms; SCIENCE; Science & Technology; Biology; Prosthesis-Related Infections; Etiology; Bacterial Infections; Bacterial diversity; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Prevention & control; Bacterial Drug Resistance; Microbiology; Bacteria
Description: Throughout the biological world, bacteria thrive predominantly in surface attached, matrix enclosed, multicellular communities or biofilms, as opposed to isolated planktonic cells. This choice of lifestyle is not trivial, as it involves major shifts in the use of genetic information and cellular energy, and has profound consequences for bacterial physiology and survival. Growth within a biofilm can thwart immune function and antibiotic therapy and thereby complicate the treatment of infectious diseases, especially chronic and foreign device-associated infections. Modern studies of many importa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Biofilm development with an emphasis on Bacillus subtilis / K.P. Lemon ... et al.; title: Physiology of microbes in biofilms / A.M. Spormann; title: Environmental influences on biofilm development / C.C. Goller and T. Romeo; title: Quorum sensing and microbial biofilms / Y. Irie and M.R. Parsek; title: Innate and induced resistance mechanisms of bacterial biofilms / G.G. Anderson and G.A. O'Toole; title: Multidrug tolerance of biofilms and persister cells / K. Lewis; title: Biofilms on central venous catheters : is eradication possible? / R.M. Donlan; title: Role of bacterial biofilms in urinary tract infections / J.K. Hatt and P.N. Rather; title: Shifting paradigms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm research / A.H. Tart and D.J. Wozniak; title: Staphylococcal biofilms / M. Otto; title: Yersinia pestis biofilm in the flea vector and its role in the transmission of plague / B.J. Hinnebusch and D.L. Erickson; title: Escherichia coli biofilms / C. Beloin, A. Roux, and J.-M. Ghigo.