Biofilms: Extracellular Bastions of Bacteria

• 1. Verfasser: Alan W. Decho (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2014
• Schlagworte: EPS (extracellular polymeric substances); nanoparticles; biofilm; microbial mats; chemical communication; infections; imaging; vesicles
• Online-Zugang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Biofilms are attached forms of bacteria and other microorganisms enclosed in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and comprise a microbial lifestyle that is quite different from that of free-living planktonic cells. The biofilm state is now universally-recognized for its complexity...