Biofilm Highlights - Hans-Curt Flemming - Springer, 2013
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Biofilm Highlights
Edizione Inglese di Hans-Curt Flemming (a cura di), Jost Wingender (a cura di), Ulrich Szewzyk (a cura di)
Editore: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
EAN: 9783642270536
ISBN: 3642270530
Pagine: 256
Formato: Paperback
Living in biofilms is the common way of life of microorganisms, transiently immobilized in their matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), interacting in many ways and using the matrix as an external digestion and protection system. This is how they have organized their life in the environment, in the medical context and in technical systems - and has helped make them the oldest, most successful and ubiquitous form of life. In this book, hot spots in current biofilm research are presented in critical and sometimes provocative chapters. This serves a twofold purpose: to provide an overview and to inspire further discussions. Above all, the book seeks to stimulate lateral thinking.