Biofilms in beer filling
A research project "Development of innovative strategies for efficient and environmentally friendly control of biofilms in the food industry, using beer filling as an example" has been awarded to the Special Section for Biology/Chemistry of Osnabrück University/Germany.
This project is sponsored by Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (German Federal Foundation for the Environment), Osnabrück, in co-operation with the Gerhard-Mercator-University Duisburg, Special Section for Aquatic Microbiology, Rolinck GmbH & Co. Private Brewery, Steinfurt, and Bitburger Brewery Th. Simon GmbH, Bitburg/Germany.
Biofilms are ubiquitous
Biofilms exist everywhere. They can arise in a great diversity of environments and are perceived as "biofouling", e.g.
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