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Elenna [48]
4 years ago
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What is a biofilm and what role does biofilm play in disease?

Biology
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Kruka [31]4 years ago
4 0
A thin, slimy film of bacteria that adheres to a surface. The term biofilm is used to denote a polymer-encased community of microbes which accumulates at a surface. Biofilms are responsible for a number of diseases of man and, because of the intrinsic resistance of these structures to antibiotics and host defence systems, such diseases are very difficult to treat effectively.
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