Year: 2000
Type: review
Abstract: In most natural environments, association with a surface in a structure known as a biofilm is the prevailing microbial lifestyle. Surface association is an efficient means of lingering in a favorable microenvironment rather than being swept away by the current. Taken to the extreme, we may view the
Source: Journal of Bacteriology
Authors: Paula Watnick, Roberto Kolter
Institutions: Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2054949696