biofilm
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thumb|right|300px|Staphylococcus aureus biofilm on an indwelling [[catheter]]
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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