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Biofilm: Presented By-Priyanka Enrollment NO - CUSB17031320 12
Biofilm: Presented By-Priyanka Enrollment NO - CUSB17031320 12
PRESENTED BY-
PRIYANKA
ENROLLMENT
CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• FORMATION
• DEVELOPMENT
• PROPERTIES
• HABITATS
• USES AND IMPACT
• EUKARYOTIC BIOFILM
INTRODUCTION
• A biofilm is any group of microorganisms in
which cells stick to each other and often also to a
surface.
• Biofilms may form on living or non-living
surfaces and can be prevalent in natural,
industrial and hospital settings. The microbial
cells growing in a biofilm are physiologically
distinct
from planktonic cells of the same organism, which,
by contrast, are single-cells that may float or swim
in a liquid medium
FORMATION
• The formation of a biofilm begins with the
attachment of free-floating microorganisms
to a surface.
• It is thought that the first colonist bacteria of
a biofilm adhere to the surface initially
through weak, reversible adhesion via van
der Waals forces and hydrophobic effects.
DEVELOPMENT
DISPERSA
• Dispersal of cells(bacteria) from the biofilm
colony is L
an essential stage of the biofilm life
cycle.
• Dispersal enables biofilms to spread and
colonize new surfaces.
• Enzymes that degrade the biofilm extracellular
matrix, such as dispersin B and
deoxyrobonuclease, may play a role in biofilm
dispersal
PROPERTIE
Sand nucleic acids. A large proportion
The EPS matrix consists of exopolysaccharides,
proteins
of the EPS is more or less strongly hydrated,
however, hydrophobic EPS also occur; one
example is cellulose which is produced by a
range of microorganisms.
This matrix encases the cells within it and
facilitates communication among them
through biochemical signals as well as gene
exchange.
HABITAT
Biofilms are ubiquitous in organic life.
Non-shedding surface in non-sterile aqueous
or humid environment.
Hot springs
Glaciers
On rocks pebbles.
Bottom of most streams or rivers and on the
surface of stagnant pools.
Part of food chain in rivers.
On the surface of and inside the plant.
In showers, sewage pipes.
Thermophilic bacteria in the outflow Mats of bacterial biofilm colour the hot
of Mickey Hot Springs, Oregon, springs in Yellowstone National Park. The
approximately 20 mm thick. longest raised mat area is about half a meter
long.