Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 22, Problem 5AL
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Biofilms are a slimy layer of growth formed by micro-organisms. Microbes get attached to the surface and forms biofilms. The cells produce an extracellular
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