Biofilms: Extracellular Bastions of Bacteria
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...
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| author | Alan W. Decho (Ed.) |
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| description | 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 and resiliency to stresses, and importance in natural environments, as well its roles in comensal flora and infection processes. However, the EPS matrix, which occur just ‘outside of cells’, is poorly understood, and has been understated in the literature. Yet this extracellular milieu is crucial to the functioning and resiliency of the biofilm. Recently, exciting new advances have emerged that are helping to understand the EPS matrix, its processes, ultrastructure, and importance to cells in nature and disease. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-421892022-01-31T23:41:20Z Biofilms: Extracellular Bastions of Bacteria Alan W. Decho (Ed.) EPS (extracellular polymeric substances) nanoparticles biofilm microbial mats chemical communication infections imaging vesicles 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 and resiliency to stresses, and importance in natural environments, as well its roles in comensal flora and infection processes. However, the EPS matrix, which occur just ‘outside of cells’, is poorly understood, and has been understated in the literature. Yet this extracellular milieu is crucial to the functioning and resiliency of the biofilm. Recently, exciting new advances have emerged that are helping to understand the EPS matrix, its processes, ultrastructure, and importance to cells in nature and disease. 2021-02-11T09:08:07Z 2021-02-11T09:08:07Z 2015-10-22 06:42:46 2014 book 17495 9783906980959 9783906980942 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/42189 eng application/octet-stream Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://books.mdpi.com/pdfview/book/98 http://books.mdpi.com/pdfview/book/98 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-906980-95-9 10.3390/books978-3-906980-95-9 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783906980959 9783906980942 300 open access |
| spellingShingle | EPS (extracellular polymeric substances) nanoparticles biofilm microbial mats chemical communication infections imaging vesicles Alan W. Decho (Ed.) Biofilms: Extracellular Bastions of Bacteria |
| title | Biofilms: Extracellular Bastions of Bacteria |
| title_full | Biofilms: Extracellular Bastions of Bacteria |
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| title_short | Biofilms: Extracellular Bastions of Bacteria |
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| topic | EPS (extracellular polymeric substances) nanoparticles biofilm microbial mats chemical communication infections imaging vesicles |
| topic_facet | EPS (extracellular polymeric substances) nanoparticles biofilm microbial mats chemical communication infections imaging vesicles |
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