The biofilm is a structure consisting of bacterial cells (one or more microorganism species),an aggregate of microorganisms, in which cells are surrounded by a matrix produced by the bacteria, astructure in which the cell that are adherent to each other and/or to a surface. There is a constant battelin industry and society with microbial biofilms. Industrial biofouling and biocorrosion is estimated tocost over $200 billion in the US alone. Annually, biofilm related infections add an additional $11 billionin healthcare costs. It has been a long journey for our understanding of biofilms, journey with plenty ofbreakthrough in this field, through our mini-review, we intend to present comprehensive data from theliterature regarding these new discoveries in the field of bacterial biofilm.
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