摘要
Ever since the first discovery of bacteria over 400 years ago by van Leeuwenhoek, reductionism has been used by microbiologists as they analyzed small components of individually isolated bacteria to try and understand the whole. Powered by molecular biology and genomics, modem microbiologists have realized that the whole is more than the simple sum of its parts. ＂System thinking＂ and ＂holism＂ have led microbiologists from studying individual cells to examining complex communities. Biofilm research is at the center stage of this exciting new revolution!
Ever since the first discovery of bacteria over 400 years ago by van Leeuwenhoek, reductionism has been used by microbiologists as they analyzed small components of individually isolated bacteria to try and understand the whole. Powered by molecular biology and genomics, modem microbiologists have realized that the whole is more than the simple sum of its parts. ＂System thinking＂ and ＂holism＂ have led microbiologists from studying individual cells to examining complex communities. Biofilm research is at the center stage of this exciting new revolution!
