id | GO:0042710   Detailed information |
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  name | biofilm formation |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "A process in which microorganisms irreversibly attach to and grow on a surface and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate attachment and matrix formation, resulting in an alteration in the phenotype of the organisms with respect to growth rate and gene transcription." [PMID:11932229] |
  subset | goslim_candida |
  subset | goslim_pir |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  is_a | GO:0051704 ! multi-organism process |
  DPGLEAN09484