MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES
BIOFILMS are complex communities of assorted organisms.
- Examples
- Dental plaques
- Slime on the inner walls of pipes and tubing
- Endocarditis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Middle ear infections
- Kidney stones
- Periodontal disease
- Prostate infections
BACTERIAL BIOFILMS refer to bacterial growth in tiny clusters called MICROCOLONIES. These are made up of different species of bacteria + gooey polysaccharide.
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