Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
single-species biofilm formation
- Term ID
- GO:0044010
- Synonyms
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- auto-aggregation
- bfp-dependent aggregation
- bundle-forming fimbriae-dependent aggregation
- Definition
- A process in which planktonically growing microorganisms of the same 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.
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes