Chapter 10.2, Problem 15AYP

Summary Introduction

To describe:

The difference between treatments of biofilm and biofilm infections.

Concept introduction:

Biofilms are the colonies formed by different species of bacteria. These colonies are initiated by one bacterium that attaches to the surface of vulnerable body parts, like a tooth or lung tissue. The other microbes subsequently attach to either the first bacterium or the inevitable sugar and protein secretions by it.

Biofilms are present in almost every natural environment, and it is an adaptation strategy of bacteria for the sustenance of their lives. The different species of bacteria cooperate and interact with each other while forming biofilms, and functioning in these colonies.