Bookedited by Gianfranco Donelli.
Contents:
Methods for dynamic investigations of surface-attached in vitro bacterial and fungal biofilms / Claus Sternberg, Thomas Bjarnsholt, and Mark Shirtliff
Aqueous two-phase system technology for patterning bacterial communities and biofilms / Mohammed Dwidar, Shuichi Takayama, and Robert J. Mitchell
Quorum sensing in gram-positive bacteria : assay protocols for Staphylococcal agr and Enterococcal fsr systems / Akane Shojima and Jiro Nakayama
Advanced techniques for in situ analysis of the biofilm matrix (structure, composition, dynamics) by means of laser scanning microscopy / Thomas R. Neu and John R. Lawrence
Multiplex fluorescence in situ hybridization (M-FISH) and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) to analyze multispecies oral biofilms / Lamprini Karygianni, Elmar Hellwig, and Ali Al-Ahmad
Field emission scanning electron microscopy of biofilm-growing bacteria Involved in nosocomial infections / Claudia Vuotto and Gianfranco Donelli
Experimental approaches to investigating the vaginal biofilm microbiome / Marc M. Baum, Manjula Gunawardana, and Paul Webster
Imaging bacteria and biofilms on hardware and periprosthetic tissue in orthopedic infections / Laura Nistico, Luanne Hall-Stoodley, and Paul Stoodley
Animal models to evaluate bacterial biofilm development / Kim Thomsen, Hannah Trøstrup, and Claus Moser
Animal models to investigate fungal biofilm formation / Jyotsna Chandra, Eric Pearlman, and Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Nonmammalian model systems to investigate fungal biofilms / Marios Arvanitis ... [et al.]
Microbiological methods for target-oriented screening of biofilm inhibitors / Livia Leoni and Paolo Landini
In vitro screening of antifungal compounds able to counteract biofilm development / Marion Girardot and Christine Imbert
Biofilm matrix-degrading enzymes / Jeffrey B. Kaplan
Efficacy evaluation of antimicrobial drug-releasing polymer matrices / Iolanda Francolini, Antonella Piozzi, and Gianfranco Donelli
Antibiotic polymeric nanoparticles for biofilm-associated infection therapy / Wean Sin Cheow and Kunn Hadinoto
Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of antibiotics in biofilm infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo / Wang Hengzhuang, Niels Høiby, and Oana Ciofu
Contribution of confocal laser scanning microscopy in deciphering biofilm tridimensional structure and reactivity / Arnaud Bridier and Romain Briandet
Chip calorimetry for evaluation of biofilm treatment with biocides, antibiotics, and biological agents / Frida Mariana Morais, Friederike Buchholz, and Thomas Maskow
Bacteriophage attack as an anti-biofilm strategy / Sanna Sillankorva and Joana Azeredo
Photodynamic therapy as a novel antimicrobial strategy against biofilm-based nosocomial infections : study protocols / Francesco Giuliani
Capturing air-water interface biofilms for microscopy and molecular analysis / Margaret C. Henk
Biofilm-growing bacteria involved in the corrosion of concrete wastewater pipes : protocols for comparative metagenomic analyses/ Vicente Gomez-Alvarez
Culture-independent methods to study subaerial biofilm growing on biodeteriorated surfaces of stone cultural heritage and frescoes / Francesca Cappitelli, Federica Villa, and Andrea Polo
Biofilms of thermophilic bacilli isolated from dairy processing plants and efficacy of sanitizers / Sara A. Burgess, Denise Lindsay, and Steve H. Flint.