biofilm

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ film. First used in the early 1970s in the context of wastewater treatment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

biofilm (countable and uncountable, plural biofilms)

1. (biology, medicine) A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.
   • 2015 July 11, “Antimicrobial Photoinactivation Using Visible Light Plus Water-Filtered Infrared-A (VIS + wIRA) Alters In Situ Oral Biofilms”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The differences in biofilm penetration patterns of both tested photosensitisers and the light source could have played an important role for the survival of microorganisms after the application of aPDT. In a recent own study, we showed that the deepest layers of the oral biofilm were not affected by the aPDT [4 ].

   • 2016 March 3, “Streptococcus mutans Can Modulate Biofilm Formation and Attenuate the Virulence of Candida albicans”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], →DOI:

     These interactions are essential for the assembly of an exopolysaccharides-rich matrix and the development of cospecies biofilms.

Derived terms

• antibiofilm

 

Translations

aggregation of microorganisms

• Finnish: biofilmi, biokalvo
• French: biopellicule m
• German: Biofilm m
• Hungarian: biofilm
• Polish: biofilm (pl) m
• Portuguese: biofilme m
• Slovak: biofilm
• Spanish: biopelícula f

Spanish

Noun

biofilm m (plural biofilms)

1. biofilm