ABSTRACT

Rather than existing in a planktonic or free-living form, evidence indicates that microbes show a preference for living in a sessile form within complex communities called biofilms. Biofilms appear to afford microbes a survival advantage by optimizing nutrition, offering protection against hostile elements, and providing a network for cell-to-cell

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SECTION III Emerging Issues, Assays, and Models

chapter 16|24 pages

Host Response to Biofilms

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Section IV