Image: Biofilm

Description: 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
Title: Biofilm
Credit: From: D. Monroe. "Looking for Chinks in the Armor of Bacterial Biofilms". PLoS Biology 5 (11, e307). DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050307.}
Author: D. Davis
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