A Complete Guidebook on Biofilm Study has emphasized the biofilm-related issues in the present context related to research and development. For this purpose, experimental design and relevant experimental protocols for the biofilm studies have been highlighted here. In addition to that, inhibitors from natural or synthetic sources against microbial biofilm development have been addressed. This approach has been further substantiated by bioinformatics as well as nanotechnology-based reports. Both, the image processing related to biofilm study and the characters of substratum associated with biofilm development have also been included for a better understanding of the beginners in this field. Further, how biofilm helps and/or hampers in food processing and waste management system, that discussion has been considered in this book. Similarly, human benefits from biofilm and reverse of it have also been included considering host-pathogen interaction, immunity aspects, and others.
1. A Complete Guidebook on Biofilm Study - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table Of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of Contributors - p. xiii 8. Editor's biography - p. xv 9. Preface - p. xvii 10. Acknowledgment - p. xix 11. Chapter 1 Biofilm: Design of experiments and relevant protocols - p. 1 12. Chapter 2 Physiology of biofilm produced by various microbes - p. 27 13. Chapter 3 Genetic regulations of microbial biofilm - p. 35 14. Chapter 4 Combating biofilm of ESKAPE pathogens from ancient plant-based therapy to modern nanotechnological combinations - p. 59 15. Chapter 5 Application of natural products against fungal biofilm formation - p. 95 16. Chapter 6 Application of synthetic products against pathogenic fungal biofilm development with special reference to combinational approaches - p. 131 17. Chapter 7 Metal nanoparticles against growth of microbial biofilm - p. 157 18. Chapter 8 Role of biofilm in waste management system - p. 177 19. Chapter 9 Control of biofilm formation during food processing - p. 199 20. Chapter 10 Role of biofilm in host–pathogen interaction - p. 227 21. Chapter 11 Antibiotic resistance in biofilm-forming pathogenic Coliforms & the role of membrane proteins - p. 273 22. Chapter 12 Image processing of biofilms and its applications - p. 287 23. Chapter 13 Modification of material surface to regulate biofilm formation - p. 307 24. Chapter 14 Multi-species biofilms: Friends or foe to the human? - p. 327 25. Index - p. 359
A Complete Guidebook on Biofilm Study has emphasized the biofilm-related issues in the present context related to research and development. For this purpose, experimental design and relevant experimental protocols for the biofilm studies have been highlighted here. In addition to that, inhibitors from natural or synthetic sources against microbial biofilm development have been addressed. This approach has been further substantiated by bioinformatics as well as nanotechnology-based reports. Both, the image processing related to biofilm study and the characters of substratum associated with biofilm development have also been included for a better understanding of the beginners in this field. Further, how biofilm helps and/or hampers in food processing and waste management system, that discussion has been considered in this book. Similarly, human benefits from biofilm and reverse of it have also been included considering host-pathogen interaction, immunity aspects, and others.
1. A Complete Guidebook on Biofilm Study - p. iii 2. Cover - p. iii 3. Title Page - p. iii 4. Copyright Page - p. iv 5. Table Of Contents - p. iv 6. Dedication - p. v 7. List of Contributors - p. xiii 8. Editor's biography - p. xv 9. Preface - p. xvii 10. Acknowledgment - p. xix 11. Chapter 1 Biofilm: Design of experiments and relevant protocols - p. 1 12. Chapter 2 Physiology of biofilm produced by various microbes - p. 27 13. Chapter 3 Genetic regulations of microbial biofilm - p. 35 14. Chapter 4 Combating biofilm of ESKAPE pathogens from ancient plant-based therapy to modern nanotechnological combinations - p. 59 15. Chapter 5 Application of natural products against fungal biofilm formation - p. 95 16. Chapter 6 Application of synthetic products against pathogenic fungal biofilm development with special reference to combinational approaches - p. 131 17. Chapter 7 Metal nanoparticles against growth of microbial biofilm - p. 157 18. Chapter 8 Role of biofilm in waste management system - p. 177 19. Chapter 9 Control of biofilm formation during food processing - p. 199 20. Chapter 10 Role of biofilm in host–pathogen interaction - p. 227 21. Chapter 11 Antibiotic resistance in biofilm-forming pathogenic Coliforms & the role of membrane proteins - p. 273 22. Chapter 12 Image processing of biofilms and its applications - p. 287 23. Chapter 13 Modification of material surface to regulate biofilm formation - p. 307 24. Chapter 14 Multi-species biofilms: Friends or foe to the human? - p. 327 25. Index - p. 359
