Recent Advances in Bacterial Biofilm Studies : Formation, Regulation, and Eradication in Human Infections.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhu, Zuobin.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : IntechOpen, 2024.

Summary:

Bacterial biofilm is a complex structure with diverse bacterial cells in a highly organized and ordered group within a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances they produce.Microbes attach to surfaces to develop biofilms, a sophisticated process regulated by factors such as nutritional status and biotic/abiotic surface features.

Contents:

Recent Advances in Bacterial Biofilm Studies - Formation, Regulation, and Eradication in Human Infections

Contents

Preface

Section 1 - Introduction

Chapter1 Introductory Chapter: Bacterial Biofilms in Human Infection - An Urgent ProblemThat Needs to Be Solved

Chapter2 Formation, Regulation, and Eradication of Bacterial Biofilm in Human Infection

Chapter3 Bacterial Biofilm Eradication in Human Infections

Section 2 Bacterial Pathogenesis and Biofilms

Chapter4 Campylobacter: Virulence Factors and Pathogenesis

Chapter5 Pathobiology, Public Health Significance, and Control of Campylobacter Infections

Chapter6 Quorum Sensing in Biofilm

Section 3 Strategies for Eradication of Bacterial Biofilms

Chapter7 Nanosystems as Quorum QuenchersTargeting Foodborne Pathogens: Understanding the Inhibition Mechanisms and Their Docking Predictions

Chapter8 Efficacy of Natural and Synthetic Biofilm Inhibitors Associated with Antibiotics in Eradicating Biofilms Formed by Multidrug- Resistant Bacteria

Chapter9 Important Advances in Antibacterial Nanoparticle-Mediated PhotodynamicTherapy.

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