Community structure and co-operation in biofilms /
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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Table of Contents:
- An overview of biofilms as functional communities
- Initial microbial adhesion events : mechanisms and implications
- Physiological events in biofilm formation
- Environmental and genetic factors influencing biofilm structure
- Coaggregation and coadhesion in oral biofilms
- Cohesiveness in biofilm matrix polymers
- Microbial detachment from biofilms
- Modelling and predicting biofilm structure
- Microbial community interactions in biofilms
- Microbial communities : aggregates of individuals or co-ordinated systems
- Gene transfer in biofilms
- Population dynamics in microbial biofilms
- Biodegradation by biofilm communities
- Biofilms and prosthetic devices
- Biofilms : problems of control
- Biofilms in the New Millennium : musings from a peak in Xanadu