Microbial biofilms /

Microbial biofilms /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ghannoum, Mahmoud A. (Mahmoud Afif) (Editor), Parsek, Matthew R. (Editor), Whiteley, Marvin (Editor), Mukherjee, Pranab K. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington D.C. : ASM Press, 2015.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Biofilms.
Mitosporic Fungi.
Antifungal Agents.
Drug Resistance, Fungal.
Ebooks.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book.
Table of Contents:
  • New technologies for studying biofilms
  • Fungal biofilms: in vivo models for discovery of anti-biofilm drugs
  • Biofilm development
  • Division of labor in biofilms: the ecology of cell differentiation
  • Candida albicans biofilm development and Its genetic control
  • Candida biofilms: development, architecture, and resistance
  • Biofilm formation by Cryptococcus neoformans
  • Aspergillus biofilm in vitro and in vivo
  • Adhesins involved in attachment to abiotic surfaces by gram-negative bacteria
  • Biofilm matrix proteins
  • Bacterial extracellular polysaccharides in biofilm formation and function
  • The biology of the Escherichia coli extracellular matrix
  • Antimicrobial tolerance in biofilms
  • How biofilms evade host defenses
  • c-di-GMP and its effects on biofilm formation and dispersion: a Pseudomonas aeruginosa review
  • Mechanisms of competition in biofilm communities
  • Dispersal from microbial biofilms
  • Chemical biology strategies for biofilm control
  • From biology to drug development: new approaches to combat the threat of fungal biofilms.