Category:GO:0042710 ! biofilm formation

name: biofilm formation
namespace: biological_process
def: "A process in which microorganisms irreversibly attach to and grow on a surface and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate attachment and matrix formation, resulting in an alteration in the phenotype of the organisms with respect to growth rate and gene transcription." [PMID:11932229]
subset: goslim_candida
subset: goslim_pir
subset: gosubset_prok
is_a: GO:0051704 ! multi-organism process

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 5 child terms, out of 5 total.

• [  ] GO:0032022 ! multicellular pellicle formation
• [+] GO:0043708 ! cell adhesion during biofilm formation (2)
• [+] GO:0043708 ! cell adhesion involved in biofilm formation (2)
• [+] GO:0044010 ! single-species biofilm formation (4)
• [+] GO:0044399 ! multi-species biofilm formation (4)

Pages in category "GO:0042710 ! biofilm formation"

The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.