title: Biofilms 2015: Multidisciplinary Approaches Shed Light into Microbial Life on Surfaces.
abstract: The 7th ASM Conference on Biofilms was held in Chicago, Illinois, from 24 to 29 October 2015. The conference provided an international forum for biofilm researchers across academic and industry platforms, and from different scientific disciplines, to present and discuss new findings and ideas. The meeting covered a wide range of topics, spanning environmental sciences, applied biology, evolution, ecology, physiology, and molecular biology of the biofilm lifestyle. This report summarizes the presentations with regard to emerging biofilm-related themes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois, USA kvisick@luc.edu jean-marc.ghigo@pasteur.fr.
authors.forename: Karen L
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2400-2591
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Visick
authors.affiliation: Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4863-9260
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schembri
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA.
authors.forename: Fitnat
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, Département de Microbiologie, Paris, France kvisick@luc.edu jean-marc.ghigo@pasteur.fr.
authors.forename: Jean-Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ghigo
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D002641:Chicago; D003226:Congresses as Topic