MODERN LOOKS ABOUT BIOFILM FORMATION MECHANISMS

• Main Authors: В. О. Iваниця, М. Б. Галкін
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University 2011-06-01
• Series: Mìkrobìologìâ ì Bìotehnologìâ
• Subjects: біоплівка; міжклітинна комунікація; quorum sensing; аутоіндуктори; месенджери
• Online Access: http://mbt.onu.edu.ua/article/view/92753

Biofilm formation process play an important role in microorganisms existence. Numerous investigations improve our knowledge about basic mechanisms involved in this process. Nowadays the biofilm is identified as a basic form of microbial community existence in nature and the processes taking place in the biofilms provide realization of all the major properties of bacteria. This work is dedicated to a review of the basic works forming contemporary minds about biofilm formation processes.