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Definition of Biofilm

1. a thin layer of microorganisms [n -S]

Medical Definition of Biofilm

1. 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 phagocytes and antibiotics. A layered culture of microorganisms growing on a surface that they have created themselves by secreting polysaccharides and glycoproteins. (26 Jun 1999)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Biofilm

bioengineerings bioengineers bioenrichment bioequivalence bioequivalent bioethic bioethical bioethicist bioethicists bioethics

bioethics biofeedback biofeedback biofeedbacks biofilm (current term) biofilm (current term) biofilms bioflavinoid bioflavonoid bioflavonoids

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Literary usage of Biofilm

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1. Superfund And Mining Megasites: Lessons from the Coeur D'alene River Basin by National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Superfund Site Assessment, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Superfund Site Assessment and Remediation in the C (2005)
"(1998) observed an accumulation of metals in biofilm (algae, bacteria, and detritus attached to the substrate), invertebrates, and whole fish in ..."

2. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"Cross-disciplinary biofilm engineering research focuses on understanding, ... Results of basic and applied biofilm engineering research will allow industry ..."

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