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020			_abooks978-3-906980-95-9
020			_a9783906980959
020			_a9783906980942
024	7		_a10.3390/books978-3-906980-95-9 _cdoi
041	0		_aEnglish
042			_adc
100	1		_aAlan W. Decho (Ed.) _4auth
245	1	0	_aBiofilms: Extracellular Bastions of Bacteria
260			_bMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute _c2014
300			_a1 electronic resource (300 p.)
506	0		_aOpen Access _2star _fUnrestricted online access
520			_aBiofilms are attached forms of bacteria and other microorganisms enclosed in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and comprise a microbial lifestyle that is quite different from that of free-living planktonic cells. The biofilm state is now universally-recognized for its complexity and resiliency to stresses, and importance in natural environments, as well its roles in comensal flora and infection processes. However, the EPS matrix, which occur just ‘outside of cells’, is poorly understood, and has been understated in the literature. Yet this extracellular milieu is crucial to the functioning and resiliency of the biofilm. Recently, exciting new advances have emerged that are helping to understand the EPS matrix, its processes, ultrastructure, and importance to cells in nature and disease.
540			_aCreative Commons _fhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ _2cc _4https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
546			_aEnglish
653			_aEPS (extracellular polymeric substances)
653			_ananoparticles
653			_abiofilm
653			_amicrobial mats
653			_achemical communication
653			_ainfections
653			_aimaging
653			_avesicles
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttp://books.mdpi.com/pdfview/book/98 _70 _zDOAB: download the publication
856	4	0	_awww.oapen.org _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/42189 _70 _zDOAB: description of the publication
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