Term Information

Accession
GO:0030114
Name
slime layer
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A slime layer is an easily removed, diffuse, unorganized layer of extracellular material that surrounds a cell. Specifically this consists mostly of exopolysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids. Source: Wikipedia:Slime_layer, GOC:mlg
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0030114 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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slime layer [is_a relation] is_a  glycocalyx (GO:0030112)

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Slime_layer