De Lancey Pulcini E
Center for Biofilm Engineering, 366 EPS Building, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA.
Nephrologie. 2001;22(8):439-41.
Biofilms provide bacterial cells with a protective environment that allows for survival from antibiotics and host defense mechanisms. In order to understand how to control biofilms, it is important to understand the complexity of the biofilm system. This is in overview of four areas of current biofilm research: biofilm resistance to antimicrobials and host defense mechanisms, the complexity of biofilm structure, the possible existence of a biofilm phenotype, and the ramifications of cell cell communication within the biofilm.
生物膜为细菌细胞提供了一个保护环境，使其能够抵御抗生素和宿主防御机制而存活。为了理解如何控制生物膜，了解生物膜系统的复杂性很重要。以下是当前生物膜研究四个领域的概述：生物膜对抗微生物剂的抗性和宿主防御机制、生物膜结构的复杂性、生物膜表型的可能存在以及生物膜内细胞间通讯的影响。
