title: Biofilms 2012: new discoveries and significant wrinkles in a dynamic field.
abstract: The ASM 6th Conference on Biofilms was held in Miami, Florida, 29 September to 4 October, 2012. The conference provided an opportunity for the exchange of new findings and ideas with regard to biofilm research. A wide range of findings, spanning applied biology, evolution, ecology, physiology, and molecular biology, were presented at the conference. This review summarizes the presentations with regard to emerging biofilm-related themes.
authors.affiliation: Twincore, Center for Clinical and Experimental Infection Research, a joint venture of the Helmholtz Center of Infection Research, Braunschweig, and the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Haussler
authors.forename: Clay
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fuqua
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D005431:Florida