Application of Biofilms in Applied Microbiology gives a complete
overview on the structure, physiology and application of biofilms
produced by microbes, along with their potential application in
biotechnology. Sections cover new technologies for biofilm study,
physiology of microorganisms in biofilms, bacterial biofilms, biofilm
development, and fungal biofilms, summarizing various technologies
available for biofilm study. Subsequent chapters describe biofilm
developments with Bacillus subtillis, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas
putida, along with several chapters on the study of microbial biofilm
and their advantages and disadvantages in the area of environmental
biotechnology.
The book closes with a chapter on the rapid development of new
sequencing technologies and the use of metagenomics, thus revealing the
great diversity of microbial life and enabling the emergence of a new
perspective on population dynamics.