The discovery that most of the chronic infections in humans including the oral lung vaginal
and foreign body-associated infections are biofilm-based has prompted the need to design new
and properly focused preventive and therapeutic strategies for these diseases. Microbial
Biofilms: Methods and Protocols provides a detailed description of the currently available
methods and protocols to investigate bacterial and fungal biofilms exhaustively illustrated
and critically annotated in 25 chapters written by authors well known for their experience in
the respective fields. The book has joined together microbiologists and specialists in
infectious diseases hygiene and public health involved in exploring different aspects of
microbial biofilms as well as in designing new methods and or developing innovative laboratory
protocols. Written in the successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format chapters
include introductions to their respective topics lists of the necessary materials and reagents
step-by-step readily reproducible protocols and notes on troubleshooting and avoiding known
pitfalls. Authoritative and easily accessible Microbial Biofilms: Methods and Protocols
presents readers with the most established and validated experimental procedures to investigate
microbial biofilms.
