Microbial Biofilms : Methods and Protocols - Donelli, Gianfranco; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana, 2014)
Methods for Dynamic Investigations of Surface Attached in vitro Bacterial and Fungal Biofilms -- Aqueous Two-Phase System Technology for Patterning Bacterial Communities and Biofilms -- Quorum Sensing in Gram-Positive Bacteria: Assay Protocols for Staphylococcal agr and enterococcal fsr Systems -- Advanced Techniques for in situ Analysis of the Biofilm Matrix (Structure, Composition, Dynamics) by Means of Laser Scanning Microscopy -- Multiplex Fluorescence in situ Hybridization (M-FISH) and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) to Analyse Multispecies Oral Biofilms -- Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy of Biofilm-Growing Bacteria Involved in Nosocomial Infections -- Experimental Approaches to Investigating the Vaginal Biofilm Microbiome -- Imaging Bacteria and Biofilms on Hardware and Periprosthetic Tissue in Orthopaedic Infections -- Animal Models to Evaluate Bacterial Biofilm Development -- Animal Models to Investigate Fungal Biofilm Formation -- Non-Mammalian Model Systems to Investigate Fungal Biofilms -- Microbiological Methods for Target-Oriented Screening of Biofilm Inhibitors -- In vitro Screening of Antifungal Compounds Able to Counteract Biofilm Development -- Biofilm Matrix-Degrading Enzymes -- Efficacy Evaluation of  Antimicrobial Drug-Releasing Polymer Matrices -- Antibiotic Polymeric Nanoparticles for Biofilm-Associated Infection Therapy -- Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antibiotics in Biofilm Infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo -- Contribution of Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy in Deciphering Biofilm Tridimensional Structure and Reactivity -- Chip-Calorimetry for Evaluation of Biofilm Treatment with Biocides, Antibiotics and Biological Agents -- Bacteriophage Attack as an Anti-Biofilm Strategy -- Photodynamic Therapy as a Novel Antimicrobial Strategy Against Biofilm-Based Nosocomial Infections: Study Protocols -- Capturing Air-Water Interface Biofilms for Microscopy and Molecular Analysis -- Biofilm-Growing Bacteria Involved in the Corrosion of Concrete Wastewater Pipes: Protocols for Comparative Metagenomic Analyses -- Culture-Independent Methods to Study Subaerial Biofilm Growing on Biodeteriorated Surfaces of Cultural Heritage Stone Materials and Frescoes -- Biofilms of Thermophilic Bacilli Isolated from Dairy Processing Plants and Efficacy of Sanitizers.
Keywords: Microbiology; Bacteriology; Microbiology; Bacteriology