From IguanaRanch from shaw.ca Fri Jun 1 23:06:44 2007 From: IguanaRanch from shaw.ca (Paul & Anita) Date: Sat Jun 2 05:27:20 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] Can you tell me...? Message-ID: <4660ECD4.2090904@shaw.ca> Hello, I wonder if you might be able to answer a question for me... I saw your information on bio-film and wondered if that is what I see as an oily pale green haze on my pond at this time of the year...we have always said that it seems to be from the pollens in the air landing on the surface, the water seems no less clean and non-smelly...do you know what it likely is? it happens most in the spring but seems only evident in the evenings (but, that could just be because of the lighting...)...I think the pond is still safe to swim in, we live in the country on Vancouver Island where most of the waters are quite pristine, what do you think? thank you very much for your time, anita -- Paul & Anita Iguana Ranch Guesthouse “The Mountain Biker’s Shangrila” Biking, hiking, tubing, cheap sleeps, good eats, great vibe! Duncan, BC (250)709-9010 www.iguanaranch.com From sandalindra from yahoo.com Wed Jun 13 16:41:13 2007 From: sandalindra from yahoo.com (Sandal, Indra) Date: Thu Jun 14 12:53:24 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] (no subject) Message-ID: <441880.70771.qm@web53004.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Dear all, I want to publish a paper in Biofilm journal. What's the impact factor of this journal and how I can request for submission (Review) Thanks ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sick sense of humor? Visit Yahoo! TV's Comedy with an Edge to see what's on, when. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/222 From microbesinaction from gmail.com Sat Jun 16 06:45:09 2007 From: microbesinaction from gmail.com (Dev) Date: Sat Jun 16 09:08:14 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] Re: (no subject) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1181994309.560002.161180@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Dear Indra: I suggest you to visit few of these webpages for understanding the Instructions to authors and few more guidelines that seems to be important when sending a paper. Biofilm journal is infact a good journal and one of the best in the field. I would like you to visit the following webpages: 1. http://www.journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=BFM 2. http://www.erc.montana.edu/Res-Lib99-SW/newsarchives/Biofilms%20Journal/default.htm 3. http://www.journals.cambridge.org/action/displayMoreInfo?jid=BFM&type=ifc The impact factor of this journal is around 1.0. REgards, Devendra From rachna.mbio from gmail.com Tue Jun 19 09:15:23 2007 From: rachna.mbio from gmail.com (Rachna Singh) Date: Tue Jun 19 10:39:00 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] staining of bacterial biofilms Message-ID: <1182262523.186099.223710@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Why is crystal violet preferred over safranin for staining bacterial biofilms formed on the surface of microtiter plates? From rachna.mbio from gmail.com Tue Jun 19 09:41:34 2007 From: rachna.mbio from gmail.com (Rachna Singh) Date: Tue Jun 19 10:39:04 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] Biofilm model Message-ID: <1182264094.237296.10600@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Hello everyone! Out of microtiter plate and colony biofilm model, which one is better for growth of biofilms? Can anyone please let me know the relative advantages and disadvantages of both these models? From mclean from txstate.edu Tue Jun 19 14:48:29 2007 From: mclean from txstate.edu (Bob McLean) Date: Tue Jun 19 17:13:17 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] staining of bacterial biofilms In-Reply-To: <1182262523.186099.223710@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com> References: <1182262523.186099.223710@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <01MHZ6CBPDKU8ZVOR9@txstate.edu> Dear Rachna, While in theory any stain that would stain biological components of biofilms (and not the underlying polystyrene substratum) could be used, crystal violet absorbs much more light than safranin and so would provide higher sensitivity for this assay. Good luck with your work, Bob McLean At 09:15 AM 6/19/2007, Rachna Singh wrote: >Why is crystal violet preferred over safranin for staining bacterial >biofilms formed on the surface of microtiter plates? > >_______________________________________________ >Biofilms mailing list >Biofilms@net.bio.net >http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/biofilms R.J.C. (Bob) McLean Department of Biology Texas State University 601 University Drive San Marcos, TX 78666 USA New University Name: Texas State University (512) 245-3365 phone (512) 245-8713 FAX Email: McLean@txstate.edu Website: http://www.bio.txstate.edu/~micro/mclean/mclean.html From rachna.mbio from gmail.com Wed Jun 20 07:07:34 2007 From: rachna.mbio from gmail.com (Rachna Singh) Date: Wed Jun 20 07:11:18 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] Re: staining of bacterial biofilms In-Reply-To: References: <1182262523.186099.223710@n15g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: <1182341254.527206.151870@j4g2000prf.googlegroups.com> On Jun 20, 12:48 am, Bob McLean wrote: > Dear Rachna, > > While in theory any stain that would stain biological components of > biofilms (and not the underlying polystyrene substratum) could be > used, crystal violet absorbs much more light than safranin and so > would provide higher sensitivity for this assay. > > Good luck with your work, > > Bob McLean > > At 09:15 AM 6/19/2007, Rachna Singh wrote: > > >Why is crystal violet preferred over safranin for staining bacterial > >biofilms formed on the surface of microtiter plates? > > >_______________________________________________ > >Biofilms mailing list > >Biofi...@net.bio.net > >http://www.bio.net/biomail/listinfo/biofilms > > R.J.C. (Bob) McLean > Department of Biology > Texas State University > 601 University Drive > San Marcos, TX 78666 > USA > > New University Name: Texas State University > > (512) 245-3365 phone > (512) 245-8713 FAX > Email: McL...@txstate.edu > > Website:http://www.bio.txstate.edu/~micro/mclean/mclean.html OK. Thanks a lot for your help. From rachna.mbio from gmail.com Thu Jun 21 09:52:41 2007 From: rachna.mbio from gmail.com (Rachna Singh) Date: Thu Jun 21 12:30:46 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] antibiotic sensitivity of biofilms Message-ID: <1182437561.042633.274340@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com> hello everyone! May be I am asking a very simple and naive question, but I have a doubt regarding the terms we use for checking antibiotic sensitivity of biofilms. For checking antibiotic sensitivity of planktonic cells, we use the terms MIC (minimum inhibitory concentration) and MBC (minimum bactericidal concentration). Can we apply the same terms for biofilms also? Or do we use the terms MBPC (minimum biofilm preventive concentration) and MBEC (minimum biofilm eradication concentration) as markers for antibiotic sensitivity of biofilms? From biomicroworld2007 from gmail.com Thu Jun 21 20:07:54 2007 From: biomicroworld2007 from gmail.com (Biomicroworld2007) Date: Thu Jun 21 21:00:39 2007 Subject: [Biofilms] Invitation to submit abstract(s) to Applied Microbiology 2007 Message-ID: II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2007), Seville (Spain), 28 November - 1 December 2007 http://www.formatex.org/biomicroworld2007 Abstracts deadline: 17 September / Early Registration deadline: 22 August Dear colleague, On behalf the organisers, you are cordially invited to send abstracts of your best research for presentation at the forthcoming II International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2007), to be held in Seville (Spain) from 28 November to 1 December 2007. All the information regarding this interdisciplinary conference can be found at the conference website: http://www.formatex.org/biomicroworld2007 Modern microbiology includes a broad variety of scholarly approaches leading to a better understanding of all living things at the macroscopic, microscopic/single-cell and nanoscopic/molecular level, producing beneficial applications in medicine, agriculture, industry, and ecology. The Conference will specially welcome papers reporting interdisciplinary researchers, relating microbiology with other sciences as physics/chemistry, environmental sciences, materials science, polymer science, genetics, pharmacology, microscopy/imaging science, etc. In other words, we are specially (but not exclusively) interested in papers that relate the techniques and culture of microbiology to research areas usually associated with other scientific and engineering disciplines. GENERAL TOPICS OF BIOMICROWORLD2007 Space Microbiology, Astro(micro)biology Agriculture, Soil, Forest Microbiology Analytical Techniques, Imaging Techniques, Microscopy Cell Engineering Environmental Microbiology, Marine Microbiology, Water/Aquatic Microbiology, Geomicrobiology Food Microbiology Industrial Microbiology - Future Bioindustries Medical Microbiology Methods in Basic and Applied Microbiology Microbial Biotechnology Microbial Physiology, Metabolism and Gene Expression Microbiology Education Pharmaceutical Microbiology Structure and Morphogenesis Quantitative Models and Bioinformatics in Microbiology IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission deadline: 17 September 2007 Early registration deadline: 22 August 2007 Final registration deadline: 21 November 2007 Full paper submission for publication: On-site (28 November 1 December) CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS Proceedings Book A multi-volume book will be published including full papers of works (oral, posters and virtual posters) presented at the Conference. The book will be published by an international publisher in order to give it a broad international distribution and to serve as a good reference to consult the state of the art of the hottest topics in Modern Microbiology. The paper length will be 5 printed pages. Submission of full papers is optional. Abstract Book A separate Abstracts book will be published with abstracts of works presented at the Conference. It will be distributed among full rate participants at the beginning of the Conference, and dispatched to virtual participants after it. International Journals special issues Agreements are being negotiated with several international journals, in order to produce special issues based on very good papers presented at the Conference. Manuscripts must be delivered during the Conference, according to the instructions that we will give in due course for each journal. All papers will be strictly reviewed and treated as regular papers. Our goal is to produce high quality and high impact special issues based on some of the best conference papers. Papers submitted for a journal special issue and rejected (for scientific/editorial/space reasons), can be considered for inclusion in the Proceedings book. Please refer to the conference website for details. If you would like to know more information about the Proceedings Book and the International Journals special issues published after the 1st edition of this conference, BioMicroWorld2005 held during 15-18 March 2005, click here VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION In addition to the "traditional" oral contributions and posters presentations, a Virtual Participation modality has been established for those researchers unable to attend the Conference personally. Please consult the conference website: http://www.formatex.org/biomicroworld2007/virtual/ COLLABORATION PROJECTS: SEARCH FOR PARTNERS BioMicroWorld2007 will also serve as a platform for partners search for trans-national collaboration projects, like for example the EU Seventh Framework Program (Networks of Excellence, Integrated Projects and Specific Targeted Research or Innovation Project). All ideas/proposals for collaboration will be included in a booklet which will be distributed at the beginning of the Conference and/or posted at the conference website. If you are interested in taking part, please send us the corresponding form available at the website. RESEARCH GROUPS Send details of your group activities (research topics, members, projects, publications...). The booklet with all participating groups will be distributed at the Conference and/or posted at the conference website. For any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact us at biomicro2007@formatex.org We would also appreciate if could disseminate this Call for Papers through your Department or Institution. We hope to meet you at this large interdisciplinary international meeting! Ms Aurora Solano BioMicroWorld2007 Secretariat (on behalf of Mr Antonio Mendez-Vilas, Conference Chairman) FORMATEX Research Center C/ Zurbar?n 1, 2nd Floor 06002 Badajoz, SPAIN e-mail: biomicro2007@formatex.org http://www.formatex.org/biomicroworld2007 Phone: +34 924 25 86 15 Fax: +34 924 26 30 53 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/biofilms/attachments/20070622/260691ce/attachment.html