Opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens, such as the bacteria that causes Legionnaire's disease, Legionella pneumophila, can thrive in low - nutrient conditions and
grow as biofilms on the inner surfaces of pipes.
When P. aeruginosa infects an actual host, such as a human, it often
grows as a biofilm and encounters vastly different conditions.
Not exact matches
Live (green) versus dead (red) bacteria «illustrate the effective survival of bacteria
growing as attached
biofilms, with beauty visible in their growth,» Joubert writes.
Bassler says that in some instances — such
as in dental
biofilms, in which some 600 species may be
growing at a time — AI - 2 is necessary for collective or cooperative behavior.
Modern
biofilms grown on microscope slides in pond water were allowed to desiccate for 7 days and 2.5 milligrams were pressed into a KBr pellet
as above.