Elsevier New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Microbial Biofilms: Current Research and Future Trends in Microbial Biofilms

New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Microbial Biofilms is divided into three sections: microbial adhesion/biofilms in medical settings, microbial adhesion/biofilms in agriculture, and microbial adhesion/biofilm in the environment and industry. Chapters cover adhesion and biofilm formation by pathogenic microbes on tissue and on indwelling medical devices, including sections on human infections, microbial communication during biofilm mode of growth, host defense and antimicrobial resistance, and more. Other sections cover the biofilms of agriculturally important and environmental friendly microbes, including biofilm formation on plants, in soil, and in aquatic environments. Finally, the latest scientific research on microbial adhesion and biofilm formation in the environment and in industry is covered. Review Provides concise, up-to-date knowledge on microbial biofilms prevalent in the medical, agricultural, environmental and aquatic fields From the Back Cover Microbial Biofilms: Current Research and Future Trends is divided into three sections: Microbial adhesion/biofilms in medical settings; Microbial adhesion/biofilms in agriculture; and microbial adhesion/ biofilm in environment and industry. In the first section the adhesion and biofilm formation by pathogenic microbes on tissue and on indwelling medical devices is described and reviewed. Key aspects covered include the biofilm related human infections, microbial communication during biofilm mode of growth, host defense and antimicrobial resistance, host-response to microbial biofilms, single and multi-species biofilm infections, biofilms study models, modification of medical devices, control of microbial biofilms. In the second section the biofilms of agriculturally important microbes and environmental friendly microbes is described and reviewed. Key aspects covered include the biofilm formation on plants, in soil, and in aquatic environment. The last section of this book provides up-to-date review of the latest scientific research on microbial adhesion and biofilm formation in the environment and in industries. Key aspects covered include the biofilm formation in environment and utilization of adherent microbial community in environmental pollution control. Few chapters covered biofilms in food industry and factors affecting the biofilms growth and control strategy. About the Author Dr. Mukesh Kumar Yadav is working as Research Professor at Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. He has more than 10 years of research experience in the field of microbiology in general and molecular microbiology, molecular diagnostic, medical microbiology, Host-pathogen interaction, microbial biofilms and plant-pathology in particular. Dr. Yadav’s research is focused on microbial biofilms in clinical setups. He is particularly interested on biofilm related pathogenesis and identification of novel pathway for the development of new antimicrobial/antibiofilm compounds. The host-response during single species or multi-species colonization in vivo is also important part of his study. Using in vitro biofilm model and in vivo colonization models, his group have identified a number of natural and synthetic compounds that are effective in controlling bacterial growth in planktonic as well as under biofilm state. Treatment of biofilm related infections is huge challenge in clinical settings, and it is further complicated by emergency of antimicrobial strains. Therefore, Dr Yadav’s group is identifying non-antibiotic antimicrobial agents with multiple mode of action. Dr. Yadav has completed four major research projects on microbial biofilms funded by Korean Government under National Research Fellowship Program, and Science and Technology department (Government of South Korea). Dr. Yadav has enough exposure in the field of bacterial and fungal biofilms, and has established good coll