Biofilms, Infection, and Antimicrobial Therapy

Download or read book Biofilms, Infection, and Antimicrobial Therapy written by John L. Pace and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-08-29 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than existing in a planktonic or free-living form, evidence indicates that microbes show a preference for living in a sessile form within complex communities called biofilms. Biofilms appear to afford microbes a survival advantage by optimizing nutrition, offering protection against hostile elements, and providing a network for cell-to-cell