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Detection and Evaluation of Biofilms

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This chapter describes a variety of ways for detecting and evaluating biofilms. The biological methods include staining, gene analysis, and proteomics. An instrumental analysis section is available too. It introduces many microscopes and discusses their uses for observing and analyzing biofilms.

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