This interdisciplinary work deals with the bacterial degradation of organic and inorganic materials such as prosthetic devices and the consequent production of non-engineered nanoparticles (NPs). Focus is put on the interaction of these, often toxic, NPs with the environment, the microorganisms and the host human body.
Electron Microscopy is the method of choice to investigate bacterial colonization and degradation of plastic polymers. Hence one section of the book is fully dedicated to the most recent and interesting microscopy technologies in microbiology and soft matters.
The final chapter of the book on the complex and multivariate relationships between a microscopist and electron microscopy images is dedicated to Lyubov Vasilievna Didenko (1958 – 2015), a passionate researcher who contributed substantially to the field of Electron Microscopy research and its applications in studying bacterial-polymer interactions.
The book addresses researchers and advanced students working in general and clinical microbiology, nanobiology, materials sciences and image analysis fields.
Author(s): Marziale Milani, Roberta Curia, Natalia Vladimirovna Shevlyagina, Francesco Tatti
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 241
City: Cham
Preface
Introduction
Commemoration Day
Publications of Lyubov V. Didenko: 2007–2016
Contents
Part I: Characters and Context
Staphylococcus aureus
History
General Characteristics
Pathogenicity
Membrane Vesicles
Biofilm
Biodestruction
References
Electron Microscopy
History
Transmission Electron Microscope
Mass Thickness Contrast
Diffraction Contrast
Phase Contrast
Scanning Electron Microscope
Secondary Electrons
Backscattered Electrons
X-Rays
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope
Focused Ion Beam/Scanning Electron Microscope
Image Abnormalities
Sample Preparation
Biomedical Applications of Electron Microscopy
References
Nanoworld
History
Properties of Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles and the Quantum Realm
Classification and Description of Order and Disorder from Abstract Models
References
Part II: Plots and Connections of the Neverending Story
Staphylococcus aureus Scouts the Nanoworld: A Neverending Story
References
Nanoparticles and Toxicity
Toxicity of Nanoparticles
References
Part III: Voyage in the Interpretation of Images
Images, Knowledge, and Doubt
Открытие—Discovery
Просвещение—Education
Опыт—Experience
Икона—Mental and Visual Image
Ошибка—Mistakes
Время—Time
References
Post scriptum
References
Acknowledgments
Appendix: “Mirror Reflections” in Art, Humanities, and Science
Subject Index
Index of Names
