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040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aQR100.8.B55 _bM525 1995
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245	0	0	_aMicrobial biofilms / _cedited by Hilary M. Lappin-Scott and J. William Costerton.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1995.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 310 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aBiotechnology research ; _v5
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aThe formation of microcolonies on surfaces is an important bacterial survival strategy. These biofilms occur on both inert and living systems, making them important to a wide range of scientific disciplines. This book first provides an analysis of the chemical, ecological and physical processes involved with the development of biofilms and their interactions with surfaces. The next section deals with biofilms on non-living surfaces. Biofilms have important engineering implications, such as in mining industries, the corrosion of pipelines and pure and waste water industries. Biofilms have medical significance when associated with the mouth, urinary tract and urinogenital tract. In addition, they form in plant root systems and in animals, such as the ruminant digestive tract, and so are agriculturally important. The final section examines these interactions with living surfaces.
650		0	_aBiofilms.
700	1		_aLappin-Scott, Hilary M., _eeditor.
700	1		_aCosterton, J. W., _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521454124
830		0	_aBiotechnology research series ; _v5.
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511525353
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