Biofilms (IMAGE)

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

Biofilms

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Biofilms are communities of bacteria (E. coli are depicted here in purple) ensconced in a slimy, but extremely tough matrix of extracellular material.

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Harvard's Wyss Institute

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