Nature reviews microbiology - volume 14 issue 9, september 2016

Nature reviews microbiology - volume 14 issue 9, september 2016

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Numerous metabolic functions, social interactions and survival mechanisms are specific to, or more pronounced in, biofilms than in planktonic cells. In this Review, Flemming and colleagues highlight the central role of the self-produced matrix in establishing these 'emergent properties' of biofilms.

Numerous metabolic functions, social interactions and survival mechanisms are specific to, or more pronounced in, biofilms than in planktonic cells. In this Review, Flemming and colleagues


highlight the central role of the self-produced matrix in establishing these 'emergent properties' of biofilms.