BBC 4 - Biofilms - the good, the bad and the ugly September 1999

Session 1

Biofilms in Medicine and Health Care

Biofilms in Medicine and Disease: An Overview
Roger Bayston
Biofilms in the Food Industry: assessing hazards and risks to health
Adrian C. Peters, Karen T. Elvers and Chris J. Griffith
The effect of adverse conditions on the biofilm formation of Salmonella enteritidis
G.F. Moore, T.J. Humphrey, J. Holah, M.J. Woodward and H.M. Lappin-Scott
Growing biofilms in intravenous fluids
Rodney Donlan, Ricardo Murga and Loretta Carson
Bacterial biofilm and intraocular lens implants
Louise McLaughlin-Borlace, Nigel Morlet, Julie Rogers and John K. G. Dart
Biofilms in the Oral Cavity: an Overview
Rachel Sammons
An evaluation of the colonisation-resistance of erodable, biocide-containing coatings
Shahryar Suzangar, David Allison, Ian Eastwood and Peter Gilbert
Use of "antimicrobial" polymers to prevent device-related Infections
Catherine Stanton and Roger Bayston
The role of fimbriae in adhesion of Verocytotoxic Escherichia coli (VTEC)
Adrian Cookson and Martin J. Woodward

Session 2

Biofilms and Industry

Biofilm Monitoring in Industrial Applications
Michael L. Ludensky
Influence of physico-chemical conditions applied on food processing surfaces upon the selection of bacterial mutants that are better able to colonise
Jean Labadie
The control of bacterial-fungal biofilms
Sara K. Roberts, Hilary Lappin-Scott and Karen Leeming
Colonisation of plasticised PVC by Aureobasidium pullulans
Jeremy S. Webb, Geoffrey D. Robson, Marianne Nixon, Ian M. Eastwood, Malcolm Greenhalgh and Pauline S. Handley
Chelating agents and detergents in sampling biofilms
H. Tuompo, S. Salo, L. Scheinin, T. Mattila-Sandholm and G. Wirtanen
Detergent based blends for swabbing and dipslides in improved surfaces sampling
Satu Salo and Gun Wirtanen
Biofilms in paper manufacturing
Richard Elsmore, Peter Gilbert, Michael Ludensky and Joanne Coulburn
Development and control of biofilms in the food industry
Karen T. Elvers, Adrian C. Peters and Chris J. Griffith
Are biofilms the source of low-level coliforms in water distribution systems?
S.M McMath and D.M. Holt
Biofilm reduction by choice of material, filtration, surface roughness, and molybdenum ions
Steven L Percival
A Model Biofilm for Efficacy Assessment of Antimicrobials versus Biofilm Bacteria
Ursula K. Charaf, Shannon L. Bakich and Diane M. Falbo

Session 3

Biofilm Physiology

Polysaccharides in biofilms and their interactions With phage and antimicrobials
Ian W. Sutherland, Lucy C. Skillman and Kevin A Hughes
The production and extraction of extracellular polymeric substances secreted by sulphate-reducing bacteria: a comparative study
M.J. Feio, I.B. Beech, M. Kalaji and A. Neal
Chemical signalling in fungal biofilms
Kenneth McKeegan, David Allison, Sarah Hosking, Martin Jones and Peter Gilbert
Investigation of quorum sensing in Aeromonas hydrophila biofilms formed on stainless steel
M J. Lynch, S. Swift, D. Kirke, C.E.R. Dodd, C.W. Keevil, G.S.A.B. Stewart and P. Williams
The role of hydrodynamics and ahl signalling molecules as determinants of the structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms
P. Stoodley, F. Jørgensen, P. Williams and H.M. Lappin-Scott
Homoserine Lactones And Biocide Susceptibility: A Cautionary Note
Harriet G. MacLehose, Peter Gilbert and David G. Allison
Interspecies binding as a design factor in oral biofilms
R. Bos, J. Yang, G.F. Belder, and H.J. Busscher
Disinfection Kinetics ­ Applicability of suspension models to biofilms?
Ronnie J.W. Lambert and Moira D. Johnston
Modelling of biofilm formation
Esther D. den Aantrekker, Marcel H. Zwietering and Mick van Schothorst
Individual-based modelling of biofilms: why?
J.U. Kreft, C. Picioreanu, J. Wimpenny and M. van Loosdrecht

Session 4

Community Interactions and Ecology

Dynamics in microbial communities: A Lamarkian perspective
P. Gilbert and D.G. Allison
Compositional diversity among exopolysaccharides from planktonic and Biofilm populations of Pseudomonas fluorescens
B. Ruiz, A. Jaspe, C. SanJose, P. Gilbert and D.G. Allison
Cellular detachment and dispersal from bacterial biofilms: a role for Quorum sensing?
David G. Allison, Sara J. D. Heys, Louise Willcock, John Holah and Peter Gilbert
Topography of food contact surfaces and soil retention
Joanna Verran, Rob Boyd, Debbie Rowe and Don Cole
Mixed Community Biofilms: Modelling the Subsurface Environment
Braden Dunsmore, Catherine Bass and Hilary Lappin-Scott
Limits to growth and what keeps a biofilm finite
John D. Boyle, Ian Dodds, Hilary Lappin-Scott and Paul Stoodley
Role of MAR operon in biofilm resistance to antimicrobial agents
Tomás Maira-Litrán, D.G. Allison and P. Gilbert
Mixed species biofilms of Burkholderia cepacia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Amal G. Al-Bakri, Peter Gilbert and David G. Allison
Interactions and survival of bacteria in competitive mixed biofilms
K. Tait and I.W. Sutherland
Coaggregation amongst aquatic and oral bacteria Is mediated by lectin-saccharide Interaction
Alex H. Rickard, Joanne Thomas, Stephen A. Leach, Clive M. Buswell, Nicola J. High and Pauline S. Handley
Biofilm formation and corrosion of stainless steel
Laura Raaska and Leena Carpén