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Category:GO:0000128 ! flocculation
name: flocculation
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0000501
alt_id: GO:0032128
alt_id: GO:0036281
alt_id: GO:0036282
alt_id: GO:0043689
alt_id: GO:0043690
def: "The reversible, non-sexual aggregation of single-celled organisms in suspension to form aggregates of many cells known as flocs." [GOC:jl, GOC:vw, PMID:11472912, PMID:21114594, PMID:8740415]
comment: The word floc derives from the Latin word floccus, which means a tuft of wool.
subset: goslim_pir
synonym: "cell-cell adhesion involved in flocculation" EXACT []
synonym: "cell-cell adhesion involved in flocculation via cell wall protein-carbohydrate interaction" NARROW []
synonym: "co-flocculation" NARROW [PMID:10689163]
synonym: "coflocculation" NARROW []
synonym: "coflocculation via lectin-mannose interaction" NARROW [PMID:11693916]
synonym: "coflocculation via protein-carbohydrate interaction" NARROW []
synonym: "flocculation via cell wall protein-carbohydrate interaction" RELATED []
synonym: "flocculation via extracellular polymer" RELATED []
xref: Wikipedia:Flocculation
is_a: GO:0051703 ! biological process involved in intraspecies interaction between organisms
is_a: GO:0098610 ! adhesion between unicellular organisms
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<GOterm>GO:0000128</GOterm>
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