TY  - CHAP
A1  - Digel, Ilya
A1  - Mansurov, Zulkhair
A1  - Biisenbaev, Makhmut
A1  - Savitskaya, Irina
A1  - Kistaubaeva, Aida
A1  - Akimbekov, Nuraly
A1  - Zhubanova, Azhar
ED  - Hu, Ning
T1  - Heterogeneous Composites on the Basis of Microbial Cells and Nanostructured Carbonized Sorbents
T2  - Composites and Their Applications
N2  - The fact that microorganisms prefer to grow on liquid/solid phase surfaces rather than in the surrounding aqueous phase was noticed long time ago [1]. Virtually any surface – animal, mineral, or vegetable – is a subject for microbial colonization and subsequent biofilm formation. It would be adequate to name just a few notorious examples on microbial colonization of contact lenses, ship hulls, petroleum pipelines, rocks in streams and all kinds of biomedical implants. The propensity of microorganisms to become surface-bound is so profound and ubiquitous that it vindicates the advantages for attached forms over their free-ranging counterparts [2]. Indeed, from ecological and evolutionary standpoints, for many microorganisms the surface-bound state means dwelling in nutritionally favorable, non-hostile environments [3]. Therefore, in most of natural and artificial ecosystems surface-associated microorganisms vastly outnumber organisms in suspension and often organize into complex communities with features that differ dramatically from those of free cells [4].
Y1  - 2012
SN  - 978-953-51-0706-4
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/47796
SP  - 249
EP  - 272
PB  - Intech
CY  - London
ER  -