Inhaltsangabe1 Mechanical Properties of Bacterial Exopolymeric Adhesives and their Commercial Development

Anthony P. Haag 2 The molecular genetics of bioadhesion and biofilm formation

Paolo Landini, Gregory Jubelin, and Corinne Dorel-Flamant 3 Adhesion and adhesives of fungi and oomycetes

Lynn Epstein and Ralph L. Nicholson 4 The Ulva spore adhesive system

James A. Callow and Maureen E. Callow 5 Diatom adhesives: Molecular and Mechanical Properties

Anthony Chiovitti, Tony M. Dugdale, and Richard Wetherbee 6 Phenolic-based adhesives of marine brown algae

Philippe Potin and Catherine Leblanc 7 Chemical Subtleties of Mussel and Polychaete Holdfasts

Jason Sagert, Chengjun Sun, and J. Herbert Waite 8 Barnacle underwater attachment

Kei Kamino 9 The Biochemistry and Mechanics of Gastropod Adhesive Gels

Andrew M. Smith 10 Adhesive secretions in echinoderms: An overview

Patrick Flammang 11 An adhesive secreted by Australian frogs of the genus Notaden

Lloyd D. Graham, Veronica Glattauer, Yong Y. Peng, Paul R. Vaughan, Jerome A. Werkmeister, Michael J. Tyler, and John A.M. Ramshaw 12 Properties, Principles, and Parameters of the Gecko Adhesive System

Kellar Autumn 13 Biomimetic Adhesive Polymers Based on Mussel Adhesive Proteins

Bruce P. Lee, Jeffrey L. Dalsin and Phillip B. Messersmith