About This Chapter

Contributing Authors:  Phil Stewart and John Lennox

In order to treat detrimental biofilms and harness the power of beneficial biofilms, engineers and scientists must  continuously enhance their knowledge and understanding biofilms.  This chapter explores various methods employed for studying biofilms in the laboratory and through microscopy. (This chapter is at this moment in the formative stage.  No draft of it appears in the hypertextbook at this juncture.)