Foreword

Preface

Contributors

Chapter 1 Microbial Biofilms: An Introduction to Their Development, Properties and Clinical Implications

Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Neha Srivastava, Intekhab Islam, Kelvin Foong and Finbarr Allen

Chapter 2 Clinical Implications of Interkingdom Fungal and Bacterial Biofilms

Gordon Ramage, Lindsay E. O’Donnell, Ryan Kean, Eleanor Townsend and Ranjith Rajendran

Chapter 3 Oral Biofilms and Their Implication in Oral Diseases

Georgios N. Belibasakis and Nagihan Bostanci

Chapter 4 Composition and Diversity of Human Oral Microbiome

Preethi Balan, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne and Wim Crielaard

Chapter 5 Candida Biofilms: Properties, Antifungal Resistance and Novel Therapeutic Options

Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Thuyen Truong and Yue Wang

Chapter 6 Proteomics Approaches to Uncover the Drug Resistance Mechanisms of Microbial Biofilms

Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Tanujaa Suriyanarayanan,Lin Qingsong and Juan Antonio Vizcaíno

Chapter 7 Metabolomics of Microbial Biofilms: Current Status and Future Directions

Tanujaa Suriyanarayanan, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Wei Ling Ng, Shruti Pavagadhi and Sanjay Swarup

Chapter 8 Biofilm Persisters: Formation, Molecular Mechanisms and Strategies for Tackling

Peng Li, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne and Lijian Jin

Chapter 9 Host–Biofilm Interactions at Mucosal Surfaces and Implications in Human Health

Nityasri Venkiteswaran, Kassapa Ellepola, Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne, Yuan Kun Lee, Kia Joo Puan and Siew Cheng Wong

Chapter 10 Synbiotics, a Fusion of Probiotics and Prebiotics, and Biogenics against Oral Biofilm-Associated Diseases

Tomoko Ohshima, Tomomi Kawai, Yukako Kojima, Nobuko Maeda and Chaminda Jayampath Seneviratne

Index

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