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Community Structure and Co-operation in Biofilms.
The study of biofilm considers the close association of micro-organisms with each other at interfaces and the consequent physiological adaptation to the proximity of other cells and surfaces. As such it is relevant to a variety of disciplines, including medicine, dentistry, bioremediation, biofoulin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Colección: | Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; EDITORS' PREFACE; An overview of biofilms as functional communities; INTRODUCTION; INVESTIGATIVE METHODS; Growth systems; Microscopy; Microelectrode experiments; Molecular methods; Other methods; ADHESION AND EARLY EVENTS IN BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT; BIOFILM STRUCTURE; The role of physico-chemical factors; Cellular control systems; COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS; Model communities; Stochastic or deterministic factors?; Factors affecting possible levels of community interaction; REFERENCES.
- Initial microbial adhesion events: mechanisms and implicationsINTRODUCTION; CONDITIONING FILM FORMATION; MICROBIAL MASS TRANSPORT; INITIAL ADHESION AND ANCHORING; COAGGREGATION AND COADHESION; SURFACE GROWTH; DETACHMENT; ANTI-ADHESIVE INITIAL ADHESION EVENTS IN A BIOFILM; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; Physiological events in biofilm formation; INTRODUCTION; INITIAL EVENTS IN BIOFILM FORMATION; IRREVERSIBLE ATTACHMENT; BIOFILM MATURATION; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Environmental and genetic factors influencing biofilm structure; INTRODUCTION; HYDRODYNAMICS.
- Fluid-like flow of biofilm microcolonies over the substratumNUTRIENTS AND HYDRODYNAMICS; GENETIC REGULATION OF BIOFILM STRUCTURE; Cell signalling and quorum sensing; Cell signalling and hydrodynamics; Biofilm structures formed through twitching motility; DISCUSSION; Biofilm development and behaviour: nature or nurture?; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Coaggregation and coadhesion in oral biofilms; COAGGREGATION AND COADHESION; COAGGREGATION AMONG HUMAN ORAL BACTERIA; Streptococcus; Actinomyces; Fusobacterium; BACTERIAL ADHESION AND COADHESION; RECEPTOR POLYSACCHARIDES.
- SPATIAL ARRANGEMENT OF CELLS ON SALIVA-COATED SURFACESREFERENCES; Cohesiveness in biofilm matrix polymers; MICROBIAL AGGREGATES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES AND THEIR ROLE AS MICROBIAL AGGREGATE CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; Composition and properties of EPS; COHESIVENESS OF MATRIX POLYMERS; London (dispersion) forces; Electrostatic interactions; Hydrogen bonds; Entanglements; An example: electrostatic interactions; ROLE OF EPS IN MICROBIAL AGGREGATION; REFERENCES; Microbial detachment from biofilms; INTRODUCTION; MECHANISMS OF BIOFILM DETACHMENT; Detachment processes.
- Factors influencing detachmentMETHODS FOR THE STUDY OF BIOFILM DETACHMENT; 'Three choice' experimenting; Critical evaluation of methods used for detachment studies; CASE STUDY: THE CONTROL OF CLINICAL BIOFILMS; Man-made surfaces; Human tissues; CASE STUDY: BIOFILM DETACHMENT
- THE POTENTIAL HAZARDS IN THE WATER INDUSTRY; Biofilms in water systems; Methods of water treatment; Biofilm control in water systems; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Modelling and predicting biofilm structure; INTRODUCTION TO BIOFILM STRUCTURE; Types of biofilm heterogeneity; Quantifying biofilm geometrical heterogeneity.