Understanding Microbial Biofilms
Fundamentals to Applications
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1st Edition – October 25, 2022
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Editors: Surajit Das, Neelam Amit Kungwani
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Language: English
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Description
Understanding Microbial Biofilms: Fundamentals to Applications focuses on the microbial biofilms of different environments. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental aspects of microbial biofilms, their existence in nature, their significance, and the different clinical and environmental problems associated with them. The book covers both the fundamentals and applications of microbial biofilms, with chapters on the introduction to the microbial community and its architecture, physiology, mechanisms and imaging of biofilms in nature and fungal, algal, and bacillus biofilm control. In addition, the book highlights the molecular and biochemical aspects of bacterial biofilms, providing a compilation of chapters on the bacterial community and communication from different environments. Finally, the book covers recent advancements in various aspects of microbial biofilms including the chapters on their biotechnological applications. All the chapters are written by experts who have been working on different aspects of microbial biofilms.
Key features
- Illustrates fundamental aspects surrounding microbial biofilms, along with recent advancements
- Provides an overview on the principal aspects of biofilms, i.e., formation, regulation, distribution, control, and application
- Updates on the progress on biofilm regulation through ‘omics’
- Serves as a classical manual for all researchers, academicians, and students who would want complete insights on biofilms in a single resource
- Covers all recent advancements and amendments on microbial biofilms.
Readership
Researchers in microbiology, medical microbiology, bioremediation experts, environmental experts and microbiologists working on biofilms; of interest to students, researchers, industry personals as well as the academicians with background in microbiology, biotechnology, molecular biology, bacterial pathogenesis, environmental science and microbial ecology. Under graduate and post graduate courses in the above mentioned disciplines.