Several publications and reviews have presented the cell target of biocides and the
various mechanisms used by the bacterial cell to evade the toxic activity of biocides (for
recent reviews see Denyer and Maillard 2002, Gilbert and Moore 2005, Lambert 2002,
Lambert 2004, Maillard 2002, Maillard 2007, Poole 2004, Stickler 2004). It is important