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A process whereby 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. Any process by which an organism has an effect on another organism of the same or different species. Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. The attachment of a cell to a surface, via cell adhesion molecules, during the formation of a biofilm composed of microorganisms of the same species. The attachment of a cell to a surface, via cell adhesion molecules, contributing to the formation of a biofilm. The attachment of a cell, either to another cell or to an underlying substrate such as the extracellular matrix, via cell adhesion molecules. The attachment of a cell or organism to a substrate or other organism. The attachment of a cell to a surface, via cell adhesion molecules, contributing to the formation of a biofilm composed of microorganisms of different species.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: cell adhesion involved in biofilm formation
Acc: GO:0043708
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The attachment of a cell to a surface, via cell adhesion molecules, contributing to the formation of a biofilm.
Synonyms:
  • cell adhesion during biofilm formation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0043708 - cell adhesion involved in biofilm formation (interactive image map)
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