| Contents |
Understanding microbial biofilms : characteristics, formation stages, and mechanisms of communication and immune system escape / Douglas Roberto Monteiroa, Ashutosh Kumar Shuklab -- Biofilm extracellular matrix / Monica Moreno de Carvalho, Vitoria Parmejane de Oliveira, Ana Claudia Okamoto, Celso Koogi Sonoda, Aline Satie Takamiya -- Mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in biofilms / Lais Salomao Arias, Diego Romario da Silva, Isabela Cunha Lopes, Danielle Ferreira Sobral de Souza -- Biofilms in the context of oral diseases / Lai's Salomao Arias, Patricia de Assis da Silva, Gabriely Pereira da Silva, Alexandre Henrique de Souza, Ana Auxiliadora de Matos dos Santos -- Biofilms of medical significance in and around humans / Helen Laking, William Johnston, John P. Butcher, Ryan Kean, & Gordon Ramage -- Development of novel antimicrobial therapeutic strategies for biofilm control / Liliana Fernandes, Maria Elisa Rodrigues and Fernanda Gomes -- Exploring the spectrum of biofilm complexity / Daniela Araujo, Ricardo Oliveira, Ana Maria Campos, Maria Margarida Barros, Andreia S. Azevedo, Ana Barbosa, Laura Cerqueira, Nuno F. Azevedo, Sonia Silva, Carina Almeida, Joana Castro -- Laboratory models for biofilm studies / Joana Castro, Ricardo Oliveira, Ana Maria Campos, Maria Margarida Barros, Andreia S. Azevedo, Ana Barbosa, Laura Cerqueira, Nuno F. Azevedo, Sonia Silva, Carina Almeida, Daniela Araujo -- Quantification of microbial biofilm biomass / Douglas Roberto Monteiro, Ana Carolyna Becher Roseno, Natalia Pereira Ribeiro, Thayse Yumi Hosida, Juliano Pelim Pessan -- Quantification of cultivable biofilm cells : counting colony-forming units / Douglas Roberto Monteiro, Aline Satie Takamiya, Natalia Pereira Ribeiro, Ana Carolyna Becher Roseno, Rosana Leal do Prado, Juliano Pelim Pessan -- Analytical tools for assessing metabolic activity in biofilms / Caio Sampaio, Leonardo Antonio de Morais, Luigi Pedrini Guisso, Lucas Fernando de Oliveira Tomaz Ferraresso, Douglas Roberto Monteiro, Juliano Pelim Pessan, Alberto Carlos Botazzo Delbem, Thayse Yumi Hosida -- Technical approaches to biofilm matrix analysis / Bruna Goncalves, Isabel Carvalho, Debora Castro, Sonia Silva -- Omics techniques (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics) in the study of oral and systemic biofilms / Rogerio de Castilho, Gladiston William Lobo Rodrigues, Laura Cesario Oliveira, Natalia Amanda Gomes, Ana Paula Fernandes Ribeiro, Yuri Gabriel Chamorro de Moraes, Nayara Gabriely Dourado -- Flow-cytometry analysis in biofilm research / Rocio C. Barajas-Ornelas, Hilda C. Leyva Sanchez, and Mario Pedraza-Reyes -- Imaging techniques in biofilm research / Anju Rana, Dhruv Ahuja -- Electrochemical detection of biofilms / Muhammad Ikram, Hussam Ibrahim, Amina Akbar Kalyar, Sikander Ameer, and Mazhar Sher -- Machine learning approaches in biofilm research : An overview / Eswar Rao Tatta and Ranjith Kumavath. |
| Abstract |
"This book explores the dynamics of microbial biofilms, examining their role in both oral and systemic diseases, emphasizing developmental models, and presenting various characterization and detection methodologies. Divided into three sections, the introductory section covers fundamental concepts, including microbial biofilm understanding, the critical role of the extracellular matrix, antimicrobial resistance mechanisms, and the relevance of biofilms to the dental and medical fields. It also explores the development of novel antimicrobial therapeutic strategies for biofilm control, including diverse approaches like light-, nanoparticle-, peptide-, phage-, and phytochemical-based strategies, along with surface modification techniques. The second section navigates the diverse spectrum of biofilm complexity, introducing laboratory models such as microtiter plate formation, dynamic formation, active attachment, and in situ and in vivo formation models, thus providing a comprehensive understanding of experimental setups. The third section focuses on crucial analytical methods for biofilm studies, covering techniques for quantifying total biomass, cultivable cells, and metabolism. It further describes technical approaches to biofilm matrix analysis, Omics techniques, flow-cytometry analysis, imaging techniques, and the electrochemical detection of biofilms. An overview of machine learning approaches in biofilm research is also covered. This book is tailored for researchers, scientists, and students of microbiology"-- Provided by publisher. |
