Microbial biofilms / / editors, Mahmoud Ghannoum [and three others]

• Pubblicazione: Washington District of Columbia : , : ASM Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (421 p.)
• Disciplina: 579.17
• Soggetto topico: Biofilms
• Persona (resp. second.): GhannoumMahmoud A (Mahmoud Afif)
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title ; Title Page ; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: New Technologies for Studying Biofilms; INTRODUCTION; TRADITIONAL METHODS FOR BIOFILM GROWTH UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS; MINIATURIZATION APPROACHES TO BIOFILM CULTIVATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; OMICS APPROACHES TO BIOFILM STUDIES; BIOFILM IMAGING; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CITATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: Fungal Biofilms: In Vivo Models for Discovery of Anti-Biofilm Drugs; SIGNIFICANCE OF FUNGAL BIOFILMS IN INFECTION; FUNGAL BIOFILM TRAITS; HOST FACTORS INFLUENCING FUNGAL BIOFILMS ; FUTURE DIRECTIONSACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CITATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: Biofilm Development; INTRODUCTION; BIOFILM FORMATION INITIATES IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; THE ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION OF BIOFILMS ARE SPECIES DEPENDENT; STRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN BIOFILMS IS DEPENDENT ON NUTRITIONAL CONDITIONS; BACTERIAL MOTILITY MAY BE AN INTEGRATED PART OF BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM FORMATION CAN OCCUR THROUGH MULTIPLE PATHWAYS; QUORUM-SENSING CAN PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES IN BIOFILM FORMATION; BACTERIAL SUBPOPULATIONS DEVELOP AND INTERACT DURING BIOFILM FORMATION ; BIOFILM FORMATION IS PROGRAMMED IN THE SENSE THAT REGULATED SYNTHESIS OF EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX COMPONENTS IS INVOLVED, BUT IT IS ALSO GOVERNED BY ADAPTIVE RESPONSESBIOFILM FORMATION IS LARGELY GOVERNED BY ADAPTIVE RESPONSES OF INDIVIDUAL BACTERIA, BUT GROUP-LEVEL ACTIVITIES ARE ALSO INVOLVED; BIOFILM FORMATION TERMINATES IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; CONCLUDING REMARKS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CITATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: Division of Labor in Biofilms: the Ecology of Cell Differentiation; INTRODUCTION; COOPERATION, SPECIALIZATION, AND THE DIVISION OF LABOR ; BACTERIAL MULTICELLULARITY AND THE DIVISION OF LABORDIVISION OF LABOR IN BIOFILMS; BENEFITS OF DIFFERENTIATION AND DIVISION OF LABOR; LIFE CYCLE BIOLOGY: THE ECOLOGY OF CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CITATION; CITATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: Candida albicans Biofilm Development and Its Genetic Control; BIOFILM STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT; CELL MORPHOLOGY AND BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM-ASSOCIATED GENE EXPRESSION; THE CELL SURFACE AND ADHERENCE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX MATERIAL; BIOFILM METABOLISM; BIOFILM DRUG RESISTANCE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CITATION; REFERENCES ; Chapter 6: Candida Biofilms: Development, Architecture, and ResistanceINTRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS OF CANDIDA BIOFILMS; BIOFILM MORPHOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE; FACTORS INFLUENCING BIOFILM FORMATION AND ARCHITECTURE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY PROFILE OF CANDIDA BIOFILMS ; MECHANISMS OF RESISTANCE OF CANDIDA BIOFILMS ; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CITATION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: Biofilm Formation by Cryptococcus neoformans; INTRODUCTION; POLYSACCHARIDE CAPSULE IN BIOFILM FORMATION; RESISTANCE TO HOST IMMUNE MECHANISMS AND ANTIFUNGAL THERAPY; THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES ; CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
• Sommario/riassunto: A comprehensive introduction to this exciting and developing field.
• Titolo autorizzato: Microbial biofilms
• ISBN: 1-68367-333-6; 1-68367-091-4; 1-55581-746-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910554843103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II