biofilms

biofilms
A layer of micro-organisms growing on a surface, in a bed of polymeric material which they themselves have made. Biofilms tend to form wherever a surface on which bacteria can grow is exposed to some suitable medium and a supply of bacteria.

Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.

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