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This book highlights treatment strategies for bacterial biofilms in connection with a variety of human diseases. In particular, it reviews bacterial biofilm formation and its mechanism. Topics covered include biofilms in human health, the role of biofilms in mediating human diseases, and methods for testing bacterial biofilms. Further sections concentrate on biofilm-mediated diseases in different parts of the human gastrointestinal tract, while therapeutic strategies for biofilm control and natural agents that disrupt bacterial biofilms are also covered. Readers will also find the latest advances in probiotics and biofilms, as well as the use of probiotics to counteract biofilm-associated infections. Biofilms and antimicrobial resistance are discussed. Subsequent chapters address the management of inflammatory bowel disease via probiotics biofilms, as well as the role of probiotics bacteria in the treatment of human diseases associated with bacterial biofilms. The book is chiefly intended for clinicians/scientists in the fields of medical microbiology, applied microbiology, biochemistry, and biotechnology.

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Author:   Sunil Kumar ,  Niharika Chandra ,  Leena Singh ,  Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2019
Weight:   0.664kg
ISBN:  

9783030307561

ISBN 10:   3030307565
Pages:   311
Publication Date:   28 November 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1.    An Introduction to Microbial Biofilm Sunil Kumar, Ankita Srivastava, Saumya Rastogi 2.    Biofilms: The Good and the Bad Suresh Kumar Yadav, Somali Sanyal 3.    Biofilms in Human Health Surojeet Das, Shivani Singh, Monica Steffi Matchado, Aashna Srivastava, Akash Bajpai 4.    The Role of Biofilms in Originating, Mediating, and Proliferating Infectious Diseases Amresh Kumar Singh, Vivek Gaur, Anand Kumar Maurya 5.    Modern Methods in Microscopy for the Assessment of Biofilms Manodeep Sen and Pushpa Yadav 6.    Molecular Methods for the Assessment of Microbial Biofilms Amresh Kumar Singh and Vivek Gaur 7.    Biofilm Mediated Dental Diseases Seema Dubey, Vikash Sharma, Ajay Kumar Gupta, Shirish Dubey 8.    Biofilm Mediated Diseases of the Eye Pragati Garg, Rajiv Garg, and Priyanka Raj 9.    Biofilm mediated Diseases of the Ear, Nose, and Throat M. Ravi Sankar, Arulalan M, Amit K Keshri 10.  Biofilm mediated Diseases of Heart and Lungs Surojeet Das 11.  Role of Biofilms in Medical Devices and Implants Ankita Srivastava, Niharika Chandra, Sunil Kumar 12.  Biofilm Mediated Gastrointestinal Diseases Dr. Satish Nayak 13.  Biofilm Mediated Urinary Tract Diseases Jyotsna Agarwal , Shruti Radera 14.  Biofilm Mediated Skin Infections Amresh Kumar Singh,Vivek Gaur, Santosh Kumar Singh 15.  Natural Agents that Disrupt Bacterial Biofilm Rolee Sharma, Preeti Bajpai, Uzma Sayyed, Iffat Zareen Ahmad 16.  Probiotics and Biofilm Kushan Sengupta and PiramaayagamParamasivan 17.  Probiotics to Counteract Biofilm-Associated Infections Suchitra Kumari Panigrahy, Awanish Kumar 18.  Biofilms and Antimicrobial Resistance Vineeta Mittal 19.  Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Probiotics Biofilm Alok Kumar, Swasti Tiwari, Amit Goel

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Dr. Sunil Kumar received his Ph.D. in Medical Biotechnology from SGPGIMS, India. He is currently an Associate Professor of Biotechnology at the SRMU, India. He has published more than 30 original research articles and 10 book chapters, and serves on the editorial boards of five journals. Niharika Chandra holds an M. Tech. in Biotechnology from the IIT Guwahati and is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in the area of biomedical sciences at the SRMU. She has also worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the IIT Guwahati. At present, she is an Assistant Professor at the SRMU. She has nine research articles and three book chapters to her credit. Leena Singh is a Postgraduate in Management and is currently involved in providing life-skills and English training to students at Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University (SRMU). She is also pursuing her Ph.D. in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility. Dr. Muhammad Zaffar Hashmi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Meteorology, COMSATS University Islamabad Campus, Islamabad, Pakistan. He completed his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at Zhejiang University, China. Dr. Hashmi’s research chiefly focuses on the bioremediation of contaminated soil, and on cell toxicology. He has edited three books with Springer on hot issues (Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Soils, Environmental Pollution of Paddy Soils, and Xenobiotics in the Soil Environment), which have since been used at innumerable colleges, universities, and research institutions around the globe. Dr. Ajit Varma received his Ph.D. from Allahabad University and is a Former Professor at the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. Presently, he is a Distinguished Scientist & Professor of Eminence at Amity Institute of Microbial Technology; Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the Ritnand Balved Education Foundation; and Vice Chairman of the Amity Science, Technology & Innovation Foundation, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has published more than 300 papers, and is a Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Society, Germany; National Academy of Agricultural Sciences; and Microbiology Society of India.

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