Title page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- 1 Current Knowledge and Perspectives on Biofilm Formation and Remediation -- 1.1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.2 BIOFILM DISPERSAL -- 1.3 PROPAGATION OF BIOFILMS -- 1.4 CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOFILMS -- 1.5 REMEDIATION STRATEGIES -- 1.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE TRENDS -- REFERENCES -- 2 Biofilm Development by Campylobacter Jejuni -- 2.1 INTRODUCTION -- 2.2 MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF C. JEJUNI BIOFILM FORMATION -- 2.3 MONO- AND MIXED-SPECIES BIOFILMS OF C. JEJUNI -- 2.4 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS INFLUENCING BIOFILM FORMATION OF C. JEJUNI -- 2.5 TRANSCRIPTIONAL AND TRANSLATIONAL EXPRESSION IN PLANKTONIC AND BIOFILM CELLS -- 2.6 CELL TO CELL COMMUNICATION IN C. JEJUNI BIOFILMS -- 2.7 FOODS AND C. JEJUNI BIOFILMS -- 2.8 CONTROL OF C. JEJUNI BIOFILMS -- 2.9 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE TRENDS -- DISCLAIMER -- REFERENCES -- 3 Resistance of Listeria Monocytogenes Biofilms to Sanitizing Agents -- 3.1 INTRODUCTION -- 3.2 ASSESSMENT OF SANITIZER EFFICACY AND RESISTANCE IN BIOFILM-ASSOCIATED LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES -- 3.3 FACTORS AFFECTING L. MONOCYTOGENES BIOFILM RESISTANCE -- 3.4 SANITIZER RESISTANCE OF BIOFILM-ASSOCIATED L. MONOCYTOGENES: CONSISTENT FINDINGS AND TRENDS -- 3.5 MECHANISMS OF DISINFECTANT RESISTANCE IN BIOFILM-ASSOCIATED L. MONOCYTOGENES -- 3.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE TRENDS -- REFERENCES -- 4 Prevention and Control of Biofilms in the Food Industry and Bio-Nanotechnology Approaches -- 4.1 INTRODUCTION -- 4.2 CONVENTIONAL (NON-NANOTECHNOLOGY) METHODS FOR BIOFILM REMOVAL AND ERADICATION -- 4.3 BIO-NANOTECHNOLOGY APPROACHES TO BIOFILM PREVENTION -- 4.4 NANOBIOSENSORS FOR THE DETECTION OF FOOD ANALYTES AND PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISMS -- 4.5 NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMART ANTIMICROBIAL PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES -- 4.6 REGULATORY ISSUES INVOLVING NANOTECHNOLOGY.

4.7 CONCERNS AND PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ON NANOTECHNOLOGIES IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY -- 4.8 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE TRENDS -- REFERENCES -- 5 Use of Bacteriophages to Remove Biofilms of Listeria monocytogenes and other Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens in the Food Environment -- 5.1 INTRODUCTION -- 5.2 BACTERIOPHAGES -- 5.3 KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE (GRAS) FOODGRADE BACTERIOPHAGES -- 5.4 RECENTLY APPROVED GRAS BACTERIOPHAGES AGAINST MAJOR FOODBORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS -- 5.5 EFFICACY OF BACTERIOPHAGES FOR THE REMOVAL OF BIOFILMS OF FOODBORNE BACTERIAL PATHOGENS -- 5.6 FACTORS AFFECTING THE EFFICACY OF BACTERIOPHAGES -- 5.7 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVE -- REFERENCES -- 6 Ability of Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens to Attach to Meat and Meat Contact Surfaces -- 6.1 INTRODUCTION -- 6.2 ATTACHMENT OF FOODBORNE PATHOGENIC BACTERIA TO MEAT AND MEAT CONTACT SURFACES -- 6.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE TRENDS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- 7 Biofilms in Fresh Vegetables and Fruits -- 7.1 DIVERSE NATURAL MICROFLORA ON FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRUITS -- 7.2 BIOFILM, A UBIQUITOUS LIFESTYLEOF PLANT-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA -- 7.3 BIOFILMS AND COLONIZATION OF FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRUITS BY HUMAN ENTERIC PATHOGENS -- 7.4 CONCLUDING REMARKS AND FUTURE TRENDS -- REFERENCES -- 8 Biofilms in Dairy Products and Dairy Processing Equipment and Control Strategies -- 8.1 INTRODUCTION -- 8.2 BIOFILM FORMATION IN MILK AND DAIRY PROCESSING EQUIPMENT -- 8.3 INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC FACTORS AFFECTING BIOFILM FORMATION ON DAIRY PROCESSING EQUIPMENT -- 8.4 FOULING ON DAIRY PROCESSING EQUIPMENT -- 8.5 CONTROL STRATEGIES OF BIOFILM ON DAIRY PROCESSING EQUIPMENT -- 8.6 MONITORING AND DETECTION TECHNIQUES OF BIOFILM FOR DAIRY PROCESSING EQUIPMENT -- 8.7 CURRENT RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES -- 8.8 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE TRENDS -- REFERENCES.

9 Human Intestinal Microbial Biofilm and its Correlation with Intestinal Mucin Secretion -- 9.1 INTRODUCTION -- 9.2 MUCOSAL ECOLOGY AND INTESTINAL BIOFILMS -- 9.3 DIET AND MUCIN SECRETION -- 9.4 COLONIZATION OF INTESTINAL MUCIN BY COMMENSAL BACTERIA AND ESTABLISHMENT OF BIOFILM COMMUNITIES -- 9.5 VIRUS AND BACTERIOPHAGE INVOLVEMENT IN BIOFILM FORMATION -- 9.6 THE ROLE OF SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN-A (IgA) IN BIOFILM FORMATION IN THE INTESTINAL SYSTEM -- 9.7 EXPERIMENTAL MODELS TO STUDY MUCIN-BIOFILM INTERACTION -- 9.8 INTERACTION OF MUCIN-BIOFILM IN HUMAN HEALTH AND DISEASE -- 9.9 CONCLUSION AND FUTURE TRENDS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- DISCLAIMER -- REFERENCES -- 10 Applications of Biofilm Reactors for Production of Value-Added Products by Microbial Fermentation -- 10.1 INTRODUCTION -- 10.2 BIOFILM -- 10.3 BIOFILM REACTORS -- 10.4 APPLICATIONS OF BIOFILM REACTORS -- 10.5 ADVANTAGES OF BIOFILM REACTORS -- 10.6 LIMITATIONS OF BIOFILM REACTORS -- 10.7 FUTURE TRENDS AND SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Index -- Advertisement page -- End User License Agreement.