Preface: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry AcknowledgementsPart 1: Biofilm, Microbiology, and GenomicsChapters: 1 Introduction: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry2 Conditioning Films: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry3 Movement of Bacteria toward Materials' Surfaces: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry4 Adhesion of Bacteria: Katsutoshi Hori5 Microstructures of Biofilm: James Chapman6 Detachment of Bacteria: James Chapman7 Genomics Approach: Hajime Ikegai8 General Biological Biofilm Observation and Evaluation: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. BarryPart 2: Biofilm and Industrial ProblemsChapters:1 Corrosion and Biofilm: Reza Javaherdashti2 Cooling Water: Dana M Barry and Hideyuki Kanematsu3 Ships and Marine Structures: Daisuke Kuroda4 Biofilm Formation on Medical Devices and Infection: Preventive Approaches: Sitaraman Krishnan5 Hygiene Problems and Food Industry: Satoshi Fukuzaki6 Environmental Problems - Soil and Underground Water Treatment and Bioremediation: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry7 Energy Problems - Fuel cell: Nobumitsu Hirai8 Bioreactors in Industries and Biofilm: Dana M. Barry and Hideyuki Kanematsu 9 Fish Reef, Seaweed Bed, and Other Construction Applications: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry10 Contamination and Clean Surface of Materials: authors: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry Part 3 Solving Industrial Biofilm ProblemsChapters:1 Chemical Cleaning: Satoshi Fukuzaki2 Physical Removal of Biofilms: Dana M. Barry and Hideyuki Kanematsu3 Antibacterial Effect of Materials and Biofilm: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry4 Immersion Tests: Daisuke Kuroda5 Artificial Biofilm Formation on Laboratory Scale: Dana M. Barry, Hideyuki Kanematsu and Paul McGrath6 New Evaluation Techniques for Biofilm in Materials Science: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry7 Future Scope: Hideyuki Kanematsu and Dana M. Barry