1. Potential novel therapeutic strategies in cystic fibrosis : antimicrobial and anti-biofilm activity of natural and designed A-helical peptides against staphylococcus aureus, pseudomonas aeruginosa, and stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Arianna Pompilio, Valentina Crocetta, Marco Scocchi, Stefano Pomponio, Valentina Di Vincenzo, Mario Mardirossian, Giovanni Gherardi, Ersilia Fiscarelli, Giordano Dicuonzo, Renato Gennaro, and Giovanni Di Bonaventura -- 2. Dispersal of biofilms by Secreted, Matrix Degrading, Bacterial DNase / Reindert Nijland, Michael J. Hall, and J. Grant Burgess -- 3. The RNA processing enzyme polynucleotide phosphorylase negatively controls biofilm formation by repressing poly-n-acetylglucosamine (PNAG) production in escherichia coli C / Thomas Carzaniga, Davide Antoniani, Gianni Deho, Federica Briani, and Paolo Landini -- 4. Comparative proteomic analysis of streptococcus suis biofilms and planktonic cells that identified biofilm infection-related immunogenic proteins / Yang Wang, Li Yi, Zongfu Wu, Jing Shao, Guangjin Liu, Hongjie Fan, Wei Zhang, and Chengping Lu -- 5. Anti-biofilm activity of an exopolysaccharide from a sponge-associated strain of bacillus licheniformis / S.M. Abu Sayem, Emiliano Manzo, Letizia Ciavatta, Annabella Tramice, Angela Cordone, Anna Zanfardino, Maurilio De Felice, and Mario Varcamonti -- 6. Osteopontin reduces biofilm formation in a multi-species model of dental biofilm / Sebastian Schlafer, Merete K. Raarup, Peter L. Wejse, Bente Nyvad, Brigitte M. Stadler, Duncan S. Sutherland, Henrik Birkedal, and Rikke L. Meyer -- 7. Impairment of the bacterial biofilm stability by triclosan / Helen V. Lubarsky, Sabine U. Gerbersdorf, Cedric Hubas, Sebastian Behrens, Francesco Ricciardi, and David M. Paterson -- 8. Antimicrobial pressure of ciprofloxacin and gentamicin on biofilm development by an endoscope-isolated pseudomonas aeruginosa / Idalina Machado, Joana Graca, Helder Lopes, Susana Lopes, and Maria O. Pereira -- 9. Inhibition of staphylococcus epidermidis biofilm formation by traditional Thai herbal recipes used for wound treatment / S. Chusri, K. Sompetch, S. Mukdee, S. Jansrisewangwong, T. Srichai, K. Maneenoon, S. Limsuwan, and S. P. Voravuthikunchai -- 10. In vitro assessment of shiitake mushroom (lentinula edodes) extract for its antigingivitis activity / Lena Ciric, Anna Tymon, Egija Zaura, Peter Lingstrom, Monica Stauder, Adele Papetti, Caterina Signoretto, Jonathan Pratten, Michael Wilson, and David Spratt --

11. Antimicrobial, antimycobacterial and antibiofilm properties of couroupita guianensis aubl. fruit extract / Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Chandrasekar Balachandran, Michael Karunai Raj, Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Chinnasamy Muthukumar, Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu, Inshad Ali Khan, and Vikrant Singh Rajput -- 12. Fur is a repressor of biofilm formation in yersinia pestis / Fengjun Sun, He Gao, Yiquan Zhang, Li Wang, Nan Fang, Yafang Tan, Zhaobiao Guo, Peiyuan Xia, Dongsheng Zhou, and Ruifu Yang -- 13. Hsp90 governs dispersion and drug resistance of fungal biofilms / Nicole Robbins, Priya Uppuluri, Jeniel Nett, Ranjith Rajendran, Gordon Ramage, Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, David Andes, and Leah E. Cowen -- 14. Candida biofilms and the host : models and new concepts for eradication / Helene Tournu and Patrick Van Dijck -- 15. Innovative strategies to overcome biofilm resistance / Aleksandra Taraszkiewicz, Grzegorz Fila, Mariusz Grinholc, and Joanna Nakonieczna.