About This Chapter

Contributing Author:  Alfred Cunningham

Many industries encounter pesky biofilms that can plague their manufacturing processes and/or foul their products. It is estimated that biofilms cause industry literally billions of dollars a year in lost production and treatment.  As is true with biofilms in any environment, it is important to recognize when problems are the result of a biofilm, as their treatment will differ accordingly.  This chapter discusses these issues. (This chapter is underway.  A first draft of the chapter should be included shortly).