BBC 5 - Biofilm community interactions: chance or necessity September 2001

Session 1

Water & Environment

CO-AGGREGATION-IS IT A UNIVERSAL BIOFILM PHENOMENUM?
P.S. Handley, A.H. Rickard, N.J. High and S.A. Leach

THE ROLE OF HYDROPHOBICITY IN BACTERIAL ADHESION
R. Oliveira, J. Azeredo , P. Teixeira and A.P. Fonseca

EARLY ATTACHMENT OF MULTISPECIES, ANAEROBIC BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES
Catherine Bass, Marie Lewis and Hilary Lappin-Scott

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION OF GEOLOGICAL POROUS MEDIA : EFFECTS ON HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY AND TRACE METAL TRANSPORT BEHAVIOUR
J.R. Brydie, R.A. Wogelius, D.J. Vaughan, C. Merrifield and S. Boult

DETECTION OF VIABLE BUT NON-CULTURABLE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS
J.P. Hegarty, R. Pickup and S.L. Percival

MYCOBACTERIUM SPP. FROM GROUNDWATER, CHLORINATED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND BIOFILMS
Christina M. Fazakerley, Marsha Pryor and Steven L. Percival

HELICOBACTER PYLORI IN DRINKING WATER BIOFILMS
S.L. Percival, W.G. Mackay, D.C. Reid and J. P. Hegarty

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ORGANIC SOIL IN FOULING AND CLEANABILITY OF HYGIENIC FOOD CONTACT SURFACES
J. Verran, R.D. Boyd and K. Hall

MIXED BIOFILMS IN COOLED RAW MILK
J. Kives, P. Oviedo and C. San Jose

Session 2

Piles to smiles

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE AND INTERACTIONS IN THE LARGE INTESTINE
S. Macfarlane and G. T. Macfarlane

TESTING SUSCEPTIBILITY OF ARTIFICIAL BIOFILMS ON SKIN TO PARA-CHLORO-META-XYENOL (PCMX)
S.A. Johnson, P.A.Goddard, B. Timmins, C.Iliffe, G.Robson and P.S.Handley

BIOFILM COMMUNITIES ON HEALTHY HUMAN SKIN
A.P. Watson, P. Gilbert, D.G. Allison and A.J. McBain

IDENTIFICATION OF GENES INVOLVED IN BIOFILM FORMATION
G.F. Moore, M.S. Hamilton, J. Holah, M.J. Woodward, T.J. Humphrey and H.M. Lappin-Scott

DENTURE STOMATITIS, ORAL MALODOUR AND ORAL BIOFILM ECOLOGY
J. Verran, A. Doran and C. Smith

CHARACTERIZATION OF MICROCOSM DENTAL PLAQUES
J. Pratten, D. Spratt and M. Wilson

STUDIES ON THE DENTAL PLAQUE BIOFILM
E. Zaura-Arite and J.M. ten Cate

pH AND ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECTS IN BIOFILMS: ISSUES OF SCALE AND MEASUREMENT
D.J. Bradshaw, K.J. de Grauw, H.C. Gerritsen, E. Mountney, J.M. Visser and P.D. Marsh

Session 3

Matrix Polymers

STRUCTURAL, ECOLOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASPECTS OF EPS
H.-C. Flemming and J. Wingender

MODELLING BIOFILMS WITH EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES
J.-U. Kreft and J.W.T. Wimpenny

IS THERE A ROLE FOR HOMOSERINE LACTONES IN THE BIOFILM PHENOTYPE?
S.R. Schooling, P. Gilbert and D.G. Allison

REGULATION OF THE ESCHERICHIA COLI K5 CAPSULE GENE CLUSTER DURING BIOFILM DEVELOPMENT
L.M. Ebah, P. Gilbert and I.S. Roberts

THE ROLE OF EXOPOLYMERS IN SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS ATTACHMENT AND BIOFILM FORMATION
J. Azeredo and R. Oliveira

ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY WITHIN BIOFILMS OF SULPHATE-REDUCING BACTERIA
I.B. Beech, M. Paiva, M. Caus and C.M.L. Coutinho

Session 4

Complex Communities

A PROMINENT ROLE FOR MICROFAUNA IN BIOFILM POPULATION DYNAMICS
S.A. Symmons, A.J. McBain, D.G. Allison and P. Gilbert

THE INFLUENCE OF FREE LIVING PROTOZOA ON AQUATIC BIOFILM DYNAMICS
J.D. Parry, A.P. Hunt, J. Drinkall and K. Heaton

DEGRADATION OF POLYESTER AND POLYETHER POLYURETHANE BY FUNGI IN MIXED SOIL BIOFILMS
S. R. Barratt, G. D. Robson, M. Nixon, I. M. Eastwood and P. S. Handley

THE POTENTIAL HARBOURING OF COLIFORM BACTERIA BY PROTOZOA IN BIOFILMS
J. English, R. Pickup & J. Parry

USE OF GFP TRANSFORMANTS TO STUDY THE VIABILITY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS ON PLASTICISED POLY VINYL CHLORIDE (pPVC)
H. Sabev, J. Webb, P. Handley and G. D. Robson

AMOEBOID GRAZING ON SURFACE-ASSOCIATED PREY
K. Heaton, J. Drinkall, A. Minett, A. Hunt and J.D. Parry

Session 5

Resistance and Control

COMPETITION AND SELECTION: CAN WE EXTRAPOLATE FROM SIMPLE MODELS TO COMPLEX COMMUNITIES?
A.J. McBain and P. Gilbert

CONTROL OF BIOFILMS BY PHOTOACTIVATION OF EXOGENOUS PHENOTHIAZINIUMS
A.A. Matchett, P.B. Nickson, M. Wainwright and S.L. Percival

BIOFILMS, BACTERIOPHAGE INTERACTIONS AND BACTERIOPHAGE THERAPY
G. Hughes, J. North, J.T. Walker and R. Sharp

CONTROLLING MIXED SPECIES BIOFILM CONTAMINATION IN DENTAL UNIT WATER SYSTEMS (DUWS) USING A LABORATORY SIMULATION MODEL - A CHOICE OF PRODUCTS?
J. T. Walker, D. J. Bradshaw , M. R. Fulford, M.V. Martin and P. D. Marsh

DO BIOFILMS PRESENT A NIDUS FOR THE EVOLUTION OF ANTIBACTERIAL RESISTANCE?
P. Gilbert, D.G. Allison, A. Rickard, N. Sufya, F. Whyte and A.J. McBain

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