Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
multi-species biofilm formation
- Term ID
- GO:0044399
- Synonyms
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- multi-species biofilm formation in or on host organism
- multi-species biofilm formation on inanimate substrate
- multi-species submerged biofilm formation
- multi-species surface biofilm formation
- Definition
- A process in which planktonically growing microorganisms of different species grow at a liquid-air interface or on a solid substrate under the flow of a liquid and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate matrix formation, resulting in a change in the organisms' growth rate and gene transcription.
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- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes