Molecular Ecology of Biofilms
Publisher: Horizon Scientific Press
Editor: Robert J.C. McLean Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
Publication date: August 2002
ISBN-10: 1-898486-46-8 (hbk)
ISBN-13: 978-1-898486-46-6 (hbk)
Pages: viii + 123
With the realization that attached bacterial communities, called biofilms, have a major impact on ecological, economic, medical, and industrial processes, an area of active microbiological research has blossomed. It is now widely accepted that microorganisms within biofilms may metabolize, use chemical signaling, and exhibit patterns of gene activities that are much different than their free-living counterparts. In this book, Internationally renown authors present the reader with a focused consortium of research topics addressing medically-important biofilm/host interactions, plant biofilms, microbial/invertebrate associations, endolithic communities, chemical signaling pathways, and how bacteria sense and respond to surfaces. Contributions focus on how molecular/genetic aspects influence the broader ecology of these relationships.
Chapter List:
Chapter 1
An Overview of Biofilm Molecular Ecology
Robert J.C. McLean
Chapter 2
Role of Exopolysaccharide in Biofilm Matrix Formation, the Alginate Paradigm.
Kalai Mathee, Arsalan Kharazm and Niels Høiby
Chapter 3
Regulatory Events in Biofilm Development
David G. Davies
Chapter 4
Biofilm Interactions with Marine Invertebrates
Alan W. Decho
Chapter 5
Endolithic Microbial Communities as Bacterial Biofilms, the Role of EPS.
Harry D. Kurtz, Jr.
(EAN: 9781898486466)
