Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Microbial Biofilms - Importance and Applications

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Academic Editor

Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran
Dharumadurai Dhanasekaran

Bharathidasan University,
India

Co-editor

Nooruddin Thajuddin
Nooruddin Thajuddin

Bharathidasan University,
India

Published13 July 2016

Doi10.5772/61499

ISBN978-953-51-2436-8

Print ISBN978-953-51-2435-1

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-5439-6

Copyright year2016

Number of pages524

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

2,182
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2. Role of Pyocyanin and Extracellular DNA in Facilitating Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Formation

By Theerthankar Das, Amaye I. Ibugo, William Klare and Mike Manefield

2,644
14
3,177
3
4. Adherence and Biofilm Production of Streptococcus pyogenes

By Aleksandra Šmitran, Ina Gajić, LJiljana Božić and Lazar Ranin

2,035
1
5. Grazing Effects of Ciliates on Microcolony Formation in Bacterial Biofilms

By Anja Scherwass, Martina Erken and Hartmut Arndt

2,004
5
6. Atomic Force Microscopy of Biofilms—Imaging, Interactions, and Mechanics

By Sean A. James, Lydia C. Powell and Chris J. Wright

3,331
10
7,662
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8. Role of Biofilm in Rainwater Tank

By Mikyeong Kim and Mooyoung Han

1,903
2
9. Biofilms in Beverage Industry

By Dorota Kregiel and Hubert Antolak

2,063
2
11. Staphylococcus Biofilms

By Janet Jan-Roblero, Sandra Rodríguez-Martínez, Mario E. Cancino- Diaz and Juan C. Cancino-Diaz

2,118
1
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13. Bacterial Biofilms in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Potential Alternative Therapeutics

By Raquel Santos, Ana Salomé Veiga, Luis Tavares, Miguel Castanho and Manuela Oliveira

2,538
6
14. Wound Biofilm and Therapeutic Strategies

By Daniel Metcalf, Philip Bowler and David Parsons

3,002
5
16. The Role of Human Oral Microbiome in Dental Biofilm Formation

By Wirginia Krzyściak, Anna Jurczak and Jakub Piątkowski

3,874
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18. Adverse Influences of Antimicrobial Strategy against Mature Oral Biofilm

By Shoji Takenaka, Masataka Oda, Hisanori Domon, Rika Wakamatsu, Tatsuya Ohsumi, Yutaka Terao and Yuichiro Noiri

2,110
1
19. Modulation of Biofilm Growth by Sub‐Inhibitory Amounts of Antibacterial Substances

By Stoyanka R. Stoitsova, Tsvetelina S. Paunova‐Krasteva and Dayana B. Borisova

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2,406
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1,641
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