The Biofilm Primer [electronic resource] / edited by J. William Costerton.
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TextoSeries Springer Series on Biofilms, 1Editor: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007Descripción: VIII, 199 p. 67 illus. 37 in color. Also available online. online resourceTipo de contenido: text Tipo de medio: computer Tipo de portador: online resourceISBN: 9783540680222Trabajos contenidos: SpringerLink (Online service)Tema(s): Life sciences | Microbiology | Emerging infectious diseases | Microbial ecology | Bacteriology | Life Sciences | Microbiology | Microbial Ecology | Bacteriology | Medical Microbiology | Infectious DiseasesFormatos físicos adicionales: Sin títuloClasificación CDD: 579 Clasificación LoC:QR1-502Recursos en línea: de clik aquí para ver el libro electrónico Direct Observations -- Control of all Biofilm Strategies and Behaviours -- The Microbiology of the Healthy Human Body -- Replacement of Acute Planctonic by Chronic Biofilm Diseases -- Toward a Unified Biofilm Theory -- References.
This book details the widely accepted hypothesis that the majority of bacteria in virtually all ecosystems grow in matrix-enclosed biofilms. The author, who proposed this biofilm hypothesis, uses direct evidence from microscopy and from molecular techniques, presenting cogent reasons for moving beyond conventional culture methods that dominated microbiology throughout the last century. Bacteria grow predominantly in biofilms in all natural, engineered, and pathogenic ecosystems, and this book provides a solid basis for the understanding of bacterial processes in environmental, industrial, agricultural, dental and medical microbiology. Using a unique "ecological" perspective, the author explores the commensal and pathogenic colonization of human organ systems.
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