Note 1: A biofilm is a fixed system that can be adapted internally to environmental conditions by its inhabitants. Note 2: The self-produced matrix of extracellular polymeric substance, which is also referred to as slime, is a polymeric conglomeration generally composed of extracellular biopolymers in various structural forms. }} A biofilm is any ...
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A slimy matrix produced and inhabited by bacteria which enables the bacteria to adhere to a surface and carry out certain biochemical processes essential to the Nitrogen Cycle. In open aquatic environments, biofilm supports a microscopic community of various species of bacteria including nitrifying bacteria, algae, protozoa, and microscopic inverte...
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(from the article `bacteria`) ...independently of any other bacterium, although aggregates of bacteria, sometimes containing members of different species, are frequently found. ...
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A layer of bacteria or other microbes that grows on and sticks to the surface of a structure. A biofilm may cover natural surfaces, such as teeth. They may also grow in or on medical devices, such as catheters or artificial joints. Bacteria growing as a biofilm are hard to treat with antibiotics.
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- a layer of microorganisms on a surface which is kept constantly wet. Dental plaque is an oral biofilm
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<technique> A technique of immobilising cells by growing microbes or other microbial organisms, usually embedded in extracellular polymers such as implanted medical devices, which adhere to surfaces submerged in, or subjected to, aquatic environments. They are glued together to form microbial communities which are highly resistant to both pha...
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(bi´o-film″) a thin layer of microorganisms adhering to the surface of a structure, which may be organic or inorganic, together with the polymers that they secrete.
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A thin layer of living cells, usually micro-organisms, coating a surface.
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A layer of extracellular matrix containing quiescent, non-proliferating micro-organisms
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Type: Term Pronunciation: bī′ō-film Definitions: 1. A thin coating containing biologically active agents, which coats the surface of structures such as teeth or the inner surfaces of catheter, tube, or other implanted or indwelling device. It contains viable and nonviable microorganisms that adhere to the surface and are trapped wit...
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Biofilm: An aggregate of microbes with a distinct architecture. A biofilm is like a tiny city in which microbial cells, each only a micrometer or two long, form towers that can be hundreds of micrometers high. The 'streets' between the towers are really fluid-filled channels that bring in nutrients, oxygen and other necessities for live biofilm com...
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biofilm A method of cell immobilization in which a microbe population grows in a thin layer of a living or nonliving surface.
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complex ecosystem of bacteria embedded in a matrix
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