BIOFILMS: FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PROPERTIES
BIOFILMS: FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PROPERTIES
CONTENTS
PREFACE
BACTERIOPHAGES AND BIOFILMS
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
Conventions
OVERVIEW
TTrapping (annd Release)of Virusesin Biofilms
Phage Hydrolytic Enzymes
Infection of Biofilm Bacteria by Phages, Lytic and Temperate
Prevalence of Productive Phage Infections in Natural Biofilms
Foci of infection
Multiple Dissemination Options for Temperate Phages
Contribution of Phages to Biofilm Structure

Biofilms and Resistance to Phage AttackPHAGES AS ANTI-BIOFILM AGENTS (BACKGRO
General Principles
Dosing Considerations
PHAGES AS ANTI-BIOFILM AGENTS (RE
Control of Biofilm Formation Using Phages
Biofilm Prevention Studies
Biofilm Eradication Using Phages
Biofilm Eradication Studies
PHAGE PLAQUES AS MODELS OF BIOFILM EXPLOITATION
Phage Plaques
Formation of Phage Plaques, Early Stages
Different Phages with Different Jobs
Formation
Formation of Phage Plaques, Late Stages
PHAGE PENETRATION INTO BACTERIAL MICROCOLONIES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTSBIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL STUDIES TO SUPPORTTHE USE OF LACTOBACILLI AS A STRATEGY FORCONTROL OF BIOFILM-PRODUCING BACTERIA. INTERFERENCE LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUMPSEUDOMONASAERUGINOSA
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BASIC STUDIES
IN VITRO ASSAYS
Biofilm of P. Aeruginosa
Thin-Layer Chromatography (TLC)
Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry (CGMS)
Fourier Transforms Infrared Spectrometry (FT-IR)
EX VIVO ASSAYS
IN VIVO ASSAYS
Comparison of Virulence Capacity of Planktonic and Biofilm P. Aeruginosain a Murine Model Burn

CLINICAL STUDIESACKNOWLEDGMENTS
REFERENCES
DYNAMIC MODELS FOR IN VITROBIOFILM FORMATION
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
OBJECTIVES
DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND REVIEW
Flow Cell Systems
Flow Cell Applications
CDC Reactor
Rotating Annular Reactor
Perfused Biofilm Fermenters
Constant Depth Film Fermenter
FINAL CONSIDERATIONS
REFERENCES
SYMBIOTIC BIOFILMSAND BRAIN NEUROCHEMISTRY
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
BASIC PROPERTIES OF MICROBIAL BIOFILMS
QUORUM SENSING AND MICROBIAL BIOFILMS

SYMBIOTIC MICROFLORA AND ITS BIOFILMSINFLUENCE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS ON GIMICROFLORA AND ITS BIOFILMS
NEUROTRANSMITTER BIOSYNTHESIS AND RELEASE BYMICROORGANISMS: IMPLICATIONS FOR SYMBIOTIC BIOFILMS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
SIGNALLING PROCESSES IMPLICATEDIN ESCHERICHIA COLI BIOFILM FORMATION
ABSTRACT
1. INTRODUCTION
2. HOW IS THE FORMATION OF BACTERIAL BIOFILMSINITIATED ON A SURFACE?
2.1. Cell-Surface Contact
2.2. Cell-Cell-Interactions
2.3. Environmental and Nutritional Signals