Meet the editor

Dr. Theerthankar Das (Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia) is an experienced microbiologist. He joined the University of Sydney after being awarded the prestigious University of Sydney Fellowship in 2015. His primary research focuses on the development of novel strategies to disrupt bacterial biofilms. In recent years, he has won various research funding/grants

from Sydney University and the Australian Government valued at more than \$4.5 million. To date, Dr. Das has authored/co-authored twenty-eight publications and five book chapters in eminent journals and books. He is also a reviewer for many high-impact scientific journals. Dr. Das currently supervises Ph.D. students and teaches first-year Medical and Advanced Medical Bacteriology students.

Contents

Bacterial Pathogens *by Theerthankar Das*

*by Silvia Labovská*

The Challenge of Persisters

in Biofilm Formation and Virulence

*and Francesca Biavasco*

*by Theerthankar Das*

*by Rahman Laibi Chelab*

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 7**

**Chapter 3 21**

**Chapter 4 33**

**Chapter 5 55**

**Chapter 6 75**

*Pseudomonas aeruginosa* Secreted Biomolecules and Their Diverse Functions

Introductory Chapter: Understanding Infections Caused by Opportunistic

*Pseudomonas aeruginosa*: Diseases, Biofilm and Antibiotic Resistance *by Hussein Al-Dahmoshi, Raad D. Al-Obaidi and Noor Al-Khafaji*

*Pseudomonas aeruginosa* as a Cause of Nosocomial Infections

*by Gianmarco Mangiaterra, Mehdi Amiri, Nicholas Cedraro* 

*Pseudomonas aeruginosa* Biofilm Lung Infection in Cystic Fibrosis:

Chemotherapy and Mechanisms of Action of Antimicrobial Agent
