Antibiofilm Agents From Diagnosis to Treatment and Prevention
This book provides a survey of recent advances in the development of antibiofilm agents for clinical and environmental applications. The fact that microbes exist in structured communities called biofilms has slowly become accepted within the medical commu
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Kendra P. Rumbaugh Iqbal Ahmad Editors
Antibiofilm Agents From Diagnosis to Treatment and Prevention
Springer Series on Biofilms Series Editors: Mark Shirtliff, Baltimore, USA Paul Stoodley, Southhampton, United Kingdom Thomas Bjarnsholt, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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Kendra P. Rumbaugh • Iqbal Ahmad Editors
Antibiofilm Agents From Diagnosis to Treatment and Prevention Volume 8
Editors Kendra P. Rumbaugh Department of Surgery Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock Texas USA
Iqbal Ahmad Department of Ag. Microbiology Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh India
ISSN 1863-9607 ISSN 1863-9615 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-53832-2 ISBN 978-3-642-53833-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-53833-9 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014936011 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The editors would like to dedicate this text to the late Dr. Bill Costerton, who is regarded as “The Father of Biofilm.” Bill spent the good part of his career working tirelessly to alert and convince the medical community about the existence and importance of biofilms. The fact that many medical specia
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