Published December, 2007
By Naomi Balaban, J. William Costerton and J.W. Costerton
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K)
Series: Springer Series on Biofilms
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Thus, this is a hugely important work that describes the molecular mechanisms of cell-to-cell communication among bacterial cells in a biofilm, the development of antibiofilm inhibitors such as quorum-sensing inhibitors, and the use of biofilm inhibitors to prevent and treat bacterial infections in humans and other animals.

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Published March, 2007
By J. William Costerton
Publisher: Springer (Springer Berlin Heidelberg)
Series: Springer Series on Biofilms
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This book details the hypothesis that the majority of bacteria in virtually all ecosystems grow in matrix-enclosed biofilms. The author, who first proposed this hypothesis, uses evidence from microscopy and from molecular techniques to advocate moving beyond culture methods that formerly dominated microbiology.

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