Dear Bob,
On 26 Aug 1998, Bob McLean wrote:
> The Eighth International Symposium of Microbial Ecology (ISME8) held in
> Halifax provided an excellent forum for highlighting the exciting new
> developments in biofilm research. I wish to thank all who attended and
> presented their work. In addition, many notable people (including some major
> contributors to biofilm research) were unable to attend. The acceptance of
> biofilms as a major aspect of microbiology was long overdue.
>> Now to the future:
>> What important research questions need to be addressed in biofilm research?
> To this end, I would like to challenge the members of this discussion group
> to give two aspects of biofilms that merit further research.
>> Bob McLean
I believe biofilm research in the future should be more quantitative.
Quantitative analysis of biofilm structure; beyond beautiful pictures!
Quantitative work on pheromones in biofilms.
That's my $.02.
Jan Kreft
Dr. Jan-Ulrich Kreft Phone +44 1222 874000 ext. 6036
Cardiff School of Biosciences Fax +44 1222 874305
Cardiff University E-mail Kreft at cardiff.ac.uk
PO Box 915, Cardiff CF1 3TL, UK
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