Microbiology
Textbooks
Boundless Microbiology
Pathogenicity
Penetrating Host Defenses
Microbiology Textbooks Boundless Microbiology Pathogenicity Penetrating Host Defenses
Microbiology Textbooks Boundless Microbiology Pathogenicity
Microbiology Textbooks Boundless Microbiology
Microbiology Textbooks
Microbiology
Concept Version 8
Created by Boundless

Biofilms and Infections

Biofilm development

Biofilm development

5 stages of biofilm development. Stage 1, initial attachment; stage 2, irreversible attachment; stage 3, maturation I; stage 4, maturation II; stage 5, dispersion. Each stage of development in the diagram is paired with a photomicrograph of a developing Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm. All photomicrographs are shown to same scale.

Source

    Boundless vets and curates high-quality, openly licensed content from around the Internet. This particular resource used the following sources:

    "Biofilm."
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Biofilm.jpg Wikipedia CC BY-SA.

Related Terms

  • sterile
  • biofilm
  • Subjects
    • Accounting
    • Algebra
    • Art History
    • Biology
    • Business
    • Calculus
    • Chemistry
    • Communications
    • Economics
    • Finance
    • Management
    • Marketing
    • Microbiology
    • Physics
    • Physiology
    • Political Science
    • Psychology
    • Sociology
    • Statistics
    • U.S. History
    • World History
    • Writing

    Except where noted, content and user contributions on this site are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 with attribution required.