Term Information

Accession
GO:0090604
Name
surface biofilm formation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A process in which planktonically growing microorganisms grow at the surface of a liquid-air interface and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate matrix formation, resulting in a change in the organisms' growth rate and gene transcription. Source: GOC:tb, GOC:di
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0090604 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of surface biofilm formation (GO:0090604)
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surface biofilm formation [is_a relation] is_a  biofilm formation (GO:0042710)
Children of surface biofilm formation (GO:0090604)
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single-species surface biofilm formation (GO:0090606) [is_a relation] is_a  surface biofilm formation
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