How Biofilms Form (IMAGE)

Yale University

How Biofilms Form

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This is an image of cells forming a biofilm, a bacterial cell community protected from environmental stress and a source of antibiotic resistance, in a new gel device developed in the Levchenko lab.

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Levchenko Lab/Yale University

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