Cell viability within oral biofilms

Hope, CK ORCID: 0000-0003-2986-0824 and Wilson, M (2003) Cell viability within oral biofilms In: Biofilm Communities: Order from Chaos? BioLine,Cardiff School of Biosciences, pp. 269-284. ISBN 0-9545756-0-1

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Summary

Bacteria are not distributed homogenously throughout an oral biofilm. This is primarily due to regions of differing environmental conditions, themselves a manifestation of nutrient, gaseous and ionic concentration gradients within the biofilm. Confocal laser scanning microscopy in conjunction with fluorescent staining techniques and image analysis can both visualise and quantify the distribution of viable and nonviable bacteria within the three-dimensional volume of the biofilm.

Item Type:	Chapter
Additional Information:	Published by BioLine for the Biofilm Club
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Dental Plaque, Oral cavity, Biofilm, extracellular matrix
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	06 Sep 2016 09:13
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 07:30
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3003158
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