Biofilms : formation, development and properties / William C. Bailey, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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BIOFILMS: FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PROPERTIES -- BIOFILMS: FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PROPERTIES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- BACTERIOPHAGES AND BIOFILMS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- Conventions -- OVERVIEW -- TTrapping (annd Release)of Virusesin Biofilms -- Phage Hydrolytic Enzymes -- Infection of Biofilm Bacteria by Phages, Lytic and Temperate -- Prevalence of Productive Phage Infections in Natural Biofilms -- Foci of infection -- Multiple Dissemination Options for Temperate Phages -- Contribution of Phages to Biofilm Structure

Biofilms and Resistance to Phage AttackPHAGES AS ANTI-BIOFILM AGENTS (BACKGRO -- General Principles -- Dosing Considerations -- PHAGES AS ANTI-BIOFILM AGENTS (RE -- Control of Biofilm Formation Using Phages -- Biofilm Prevention Studies -- Biofilm Eradication Using Phages -- Biofilm Eradication Studies -- PHAGE PLAQUES AS MODELS OF BIOFILM EXPLOITATION -- Phage Plaques -- Formation of Phage Plaques, Early Stages -- Different Phages with Different Jobs -- Formation -- Formation of Phage Plaques, Late Stages -- PHAGE PENETRATION INTO BACTERIAL MICROCOLONIES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSBIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL STUDIES TO SUPPORTTHE USE OF LACTOBACILLI AS A STRATEGY FORCONTROL OF BIOFILM-PRODUCING BACTERIA. INTERFERENCE LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUMPSEUDOMONASAERUGINOSA -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BASIC STUDIES -- IN VITRO ASSAYS -- Biofilm of P. Aeruginosa -- Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC) -- Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (CGMS) -- Fourier Transforms Infrared Spectrometry (FT-IR) -- EX VIVO ASSAYS -- IN VIVO ASSAYS -- Comparison of Virulence Capacity of Planktonic and Biofilm P. Aeruginosain a Murine Model Burn

CLINICAL STUDIESACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- DYNAMIC MODELS FOR IN VITROBIOFILM FORMATION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- OBJECTIVES -- DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND REVIEW -- Flow Cell Systems -- Flow Cell Applications -- CDC Reactor -- Rotating Annular Reactor -- Perfused Biofilm Fermenters -- Constant Depth Film Fermenter -- FINAL CONSIDERATIONS -- REFERENCES -- SYMBIOTIC BIOFILMSAND BRAIN NEUROCHEMISTRY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BASIC PROPERTIES OF MICROBIAL BIOFILMS -- QUORUM SENSING AND MICROBIAL BIOFILMS

SYMBIOTIC MICROFLORA AND ITS BIOFILMSINFLUENCE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS ON GIMICROFLORA AND ITS BIOFILMS -- NEUROTRANSMITTER BIOSYNTHESIS AND RELEASE BYMICROORGANISMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SYMBIOTIC BIOFILMS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- SIGNALLING PROCESSES IMPLICATEDIN ESCHERICHIA COLI BIOFILM FORMATION -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. HOW IS THE FORMATION OF BACTERIAL BIOFILMSINITIATED ON A SURFACE? -- 2.1. Cell-Surface Contact -- 2.2. Cell-Cell-Interactions -- 2.3. Environmental and Nutritional Signals

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