Category:GO:0044010 ! single-species biofilm formation

name: single-species biofilm formation
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0052000
def: "A process in which planktonically growing microorganisms of the same species grow at a liquid-air interface or on a solid substrate under the flow of a liquid and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate matrix formation, resulting in a change in the organisms' growth rate and gene transcription." [GOC:cc, GOC:di, GOC:tb]
synonym: "auto-aggregation" BROAD []
synonym: "bfp-dependent aggregation" NARROW []
synonym: "bundle-forming fimbriae-dependent aggregation" NARROW []
synonym: "bundle-forming pili-dependent aggregation" NARROW []
synonym: "tfp-dependent aggregation" NARROW []
synonym: "type IV pili-dependent aggregation" NARROW []
is_a: GO:0042710 ! biofilm formation
is_a: GO:0051703 ! biological process involved in intraspecies interaction between organisms

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0044010</GOterm>
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