Term Name: single-species submerged biofilm formation
Synonyms:
Definition: A process in which planktonically growing microorganisms of the same species aggregate and grow on solid substrates under the flow of a liquid and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate attachment and matrix formation, resulting in a change in the organisms' growth rate and gene transcription.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0090609]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: cell adhesion involved in single-species biofilm formation
is a type of: single-species biofilm formation submerged biofilm formation
has subtype: single-species biofilm formation on inanimate substrate