biofilm
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thumb|right|300px|Staphylococcus aureus biofilm on an indwelling [[catheter]]
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Within Vinony's link graph, biofilm is referenced by 1,061 other articles, and connects out to bacteria, pilus and antibiotic.
It is catalogued under topics including Bacteriology, Biological matter and Environmental microbiology.
Its subject is documented across 40 Wikipedia language editions.
Research
103,484 papers- Microtiter dish biofilm formation assay.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2011
- Multispecies biofilms in fermentation: Biofilm formation, microbial interactions, and communication.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2022
- Cryptosporidium-Biofilm Interactions: a Review.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2021
- Biofilm-dispersal patterns in ESKAPE pathogens.Archives of microbiology · 2025
- Biofilm Formation and Control of Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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Encyclopedic overview
37 sectionsContents
- Origin and formation
- Origin of biofilms
- Formation of biofilms
- Development
- Dispersal
- Properties
- Extracellular matrix
- Habitats
- Percolating filters
- Slow sand filter
- Rhizosphere
- Mammalian gut
- Human environment
- Ship fouling
- Stromatolites
- Dental plaque
- Intercellular communication
- Taxonomic diversity
- Infectious diseases
- ''Pseudomonas aeruginosa''
- ''Streptococcus pneumoniae''
- ''Escherichia coli''
- ''Staphylococcus aureus''
- ''Serratia marcescens''
- Uses and impact
- In medicine
- In industry
- Food industry
- In aquaculture
- Eukaryotic
- Horizontal gene transfer
- Examples
- Cultivation devices
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|300px|Staphylococcus aureus biofilm on an indwelling [[catheter]]
thumb|right|300px|Probable cyanobacteria in the vertical section of a silicified biofilm from the Lower Cretaceous. Very shallow hypersaline environment of the [[Urgonian carbonate platform of Provence, south eastern France.]]
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