Microbial Biofilms

Table of Contents

Introduction to Biofilms: Conceptual Themes, George A. O'Toole and Mahmoud A. Ghannoum

1. A Short History of the Development of the Biofilm Concept, J. William Costerton
2. Multicellularity and Biofilms, Steven S. Branda and Roberto Kolter
3. Fungal Biofilms, Jyotsna Chandra and Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
4. Molecular Basis of Biofilm Development of Pseudomonads, Christine M. Toutain, Nicky C. Caiazza, and George A. O'Toole
5. Biofilm Development in Staphylococcus, Sarah E. Cramton and Friedrich Gotz
6. Human Oral Bacterial Biofilms, Paul E. Kolenbrander and Robert J. Palmer, Jr.
7. Quorum Sensing in Biofilms: Gossip in Slime City, Morten Hentzer, Michael Givskov, and Leo Eberl
8. Bacterial Biofilms on Plants and Their Relevance and Phenotypic Aspects, Guido V. Bloemberg and Ben J.J. Lugtenberg
9. Biofilm Structure, Behavior, and Hydrodynamics, L.B. Puredorj-Gage and P. Stoodley
10. A Sticky Business: the Extracellular Polymeric Substance Matrix of Bacterial Biofilms, Melissa Starkey, Kimberly A. Gray, Sung Il Chang, and Matthew R. Parsek
11. Genetic Exchange in Biofilms, Dennis G. Cvitkovitch
12. Microbial Interactions in Mixed-Species Biofilms, Soren Molin and Tim Tolker-Nielsen
13. Modeling Biofilms, Daniel R. Noguera, Gonzalo E. Pizarro, and John M. Regan
14. Biofilm Antimicrobial Resistane, Philip S. Stewart, Pranab K. Mukherjee, and Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
15. Biofilms and Implant Infections, John G. Thomas, Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, and Gordon Ramage
16. Biofilms and Hospital-Acquired Infections, Richard Ebrey, M. Shea Hamilton, Gillian Cairns, and Hilary M. Lappin-Scott
17. Biofilms as a Reservoir for Disease, John R. Flanders and Fitnat H. Yildiz
18. Role for Biofilms in Infectious Disease, Garth D. Ehrlich, Fen Z. Hu, and J. Christopher Post
19. Biofilms in the Water Industry, Bruce E. Rittman
20. Methods of Studying Biofilms, Robert J.C. McLean, Christa L. Bates, Mary B. Barnes, Christopher L. McGowin, and Gary M. Aron
21. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions, Roberto Kolter