Multispecies Biofilms : Technologically Advanced Methods to Study Microbial Communities (Springer Series on Biofilms)

Kaushik, Karishma S. (EDT)/ Darch, Sophie E. (EDT)

Springer International Publishing AG（2022/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 321 p.
• 商品コード 9783031153488

Full Description

In an age of antibiotic resistant infections, the study of biofilms is increasingly important. Microbes more than often exist in complex multi-species or polymicrobial communities, making infections difficult to detect, diagnose and treat. Given the increased focus on studying biofilms in research and laboratory settings, particularly under conditions that closely mimic the clinical state, it is important to get an overview of the recent methods, model systems and tools being developed and employed in this context.

This book offers readers the opportunity to learn more about current methods being used in the investigation of multi-species biofilms, both in vivo and in vitro. For this, the book highlights new technologies built and designed for the study of multiple species within biofilm communities, including those that can be leveraged for the evaluation of antimicrobial treatment approaches. The application of these state-of-the-art techniques to further ourunderstanding of multi-species biofilms will be discussed and the reader will learn how the clinical microenvironment and the development of biofilm communities are considered when developing such tools.

With cutting-edge contributions from experts in the respective domains, this book will benefit translational and basic research scientists, as well as clinicians, and is an informative resource for educators and their students.

 

Contents

3M's of Multi-Species Biofilms: Microbial Pathogens, Microenvironments and Minimalist Laboratory Approaches to Study Multi-Species Biofilms under Microenvironmental Conditions.- Methods for the visualization of multispecies biofilms.- In vitro, in vivo and ex vivo models to study mixed bacterial and fungal biofilms.- Current and emerging in vitro and in vivo biofilm models in investigating fungal-bacterial polymicrobial communities: Fungal-bacterial biofilm models.- Involvement of bacterial outer membrane vesicles in cell-cell interactions and their role in multi-species communities.- Polymicrobial biofilm models: the case of periodontal disease as an example.- Polymicrobial biofilms in cystic fibrosis lung infections: effects on antimicrobial susceptibility.- High resolution methods to study microbial interactions in biofilms.- Unity in Diversity: Interkingdom Polymicrobial Biofilms in Disease.