How to pronounce“biofilm”in English
nounLeft to their own devices, bacteria can start to colonize and grow into something more.
Biofilm can potentially be found on any surface that's been wet. It's bacteria that's accumulated so much it creates his own protective layer against chlorine and other disinfectants.
Between 2000 and 2014 there were 493 outbreaks reported from treated recreational waters.
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Definitions of “biofilm”
A structured community of microorganisms, such as bacteria, that adhere to a surface and are embedded in a self-produced protective matrix of mucuslike extracellular material.
“The differences in biofilm penetration patterns of both tested photosensitisers and the light source could have played an important role for the survival of microorganisms after the application of aPDT. In a recent own study, we showed that the deepest layers of the oral biofilm were not affected by the aPDT [4 ].”