BBC 1 - Bacterial biofilms and their control in medicine and industry March 1993

The Spatial Organisation of Biofilm
J.W.T. Wimpenny
Gene Transfer on Solid Surfaces
J.I. Prosser
Cell Density Dependent Control of Gene Expression in Bacteria - Implications for Biofilm Development and Control
P. Williams and G.S.A.B. Stewart
Factors Affecting the Development and Composition of Defined Mixed Culture Biofilms of Oral Bacteria
P.D. Marsh, D.J. Bradshaw, G.K. Watson and D. Cummins
How Do Bacteria Reach Surfaces?
H. M. Lappin-Scott, M.G. Brading and J. Jass
Exopolysaccharide Synthesis in Bacterial Biofilms
D.G. Allison
Transfer of Natural Plasmids in Riverine Biofilm
J.C. Fry and M.J. Day
Biofilms in Natural Waters
J. Boyle
Rapporteur's Report: The Structure and Physiology of Bacterial Biofilms
W.A. Hamilton and D.J. Stickler
Methods for Assessing the Activity of Biofilm Microorgansims in situ
C.W. Keevil
Experimental Approaches to the Physiological Properties of Biofilm Cells
P. Gilbert and M.R.W. Brown
Cryosectioning of Biofilm
S.L. Kinniment
Sensor for Biofilm Formation in Water Distribution Systems
D.M. Holt
Problems Associated With Electron Microscopy of Biofilms
P.S. Handley, N.A. Sutton and N. Hughes
The Use of Confocal Microscopy to Examine Biofilm Formation
C.L. Jones, M.C. Moss and D. Cummins
Use of Scanning Confocal Laser Microscopy to Study Biofilm Corrosion
J.T. Walker, D.E. Caldwell, K. Hanson and C.W. Keevil
Sensitivity Testing for Antimicrobial Agents Against Biofilms
J. Jass and H. Lappin-Scott
Computer Modelling of Diffusion/Reaction in Biofilms
G. Dibdin
Rapporteur's Report: Experimental Methods
J.W.T. Wimpenny
Medical Problems Associated with Biofilms
R.G. Finch
Host Immune Defences and Bacterial Biofilms
P. Williams
Biofilms and Urethral Catheters
D. Stickler and C. Winters
Biocide Efficacy Testing Against Legionella Biofilms
P.N. Green
Industrial Problems Due to Biofilms
W. A. Hamilton
Biofilms and the Food Industry
M. Jones
Biofilms and Pipelines
B.N. Herbert
Surfactant Adsorption, Bacterial Attachment and Biodegradation in River Sediment: A Three-Way Interaction
G.F. White, N.J. Russell, J.R. Marchesi and W.A. House
The Normal Flora of Human Skin is A Biofilm
R.R. Marples
Rapporteurs' Report: Habitats
W.W. Nichols and C. W. Keevil
Testing Sensitivity of Biofilms to Antimicrobial Agents
M.R.W. Brown, R.J. Courcol and P. Gilbert
Biofilm Permeability to Antibacterial Agents
W.W. Nichols
Chemotherapy of Pseudomonas Infections in Cystic Fibrosis
P.A. Lambert, B. Giwercman and N. Hoiby
Treating Medical Device Associated Infections
M.H. Wilcox
Critical Problems in Biofilm Control and Eradication
S.P. Denyer
Control of Biofilms in the Food Industry
J.T. Holah, S.F. Bloomfield, A.J. Walker and H. Spenceley
Problems With Biocides and Biofilms
I.M. Eastwood
The Control of Biofilms in Industrial Cooling Water Systems
T.R. Bott
The Use of Bioluminescence to Study the Behaviour of Listeria Monocytogenes When Attached to Surfaces
A.J. Walker, J. T. Holah, S.P. Denyer and G.S.A.B. Stewart
Rapporteurs' Report: The Prevention and Eradication of Biofilms
H.M. Lappin-Scott and P.S. Handley