title: Microbial biofilms: our life with them.
abstract: From 2 to 5 September 2009, Rome was the venue of Eurobiofilms 2009, providing the 408 participants with a valuable forum for a multidisciplinary scientific exchange in the field of microbial biofilms. The congress joined together microbiologists and specialists in infectious diseases, hygiene and public health involved in investigating different aspects of bacterial and fungal biofilms as well as in designing innovative approaches to prevention and treatment. The scientific program was developed together with the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) Study Group on Biofilms (ESGB) to combine state of the art lectures and sessions dealing with the major issues of this fast-growing area of science.
authors.affiliation: Department of Technologies & Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità and Microbial Biofilm Laboratory, IRCCS - Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy. gianfranco.donelli@iss.it
authors.forename: Gianfranco
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Donelli
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D005658:Fungi / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012384:Rome