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Biofilms are ________________(a) Thin polymeric films made of biopolymer(b) Strings of protein filaments(c) Complex, multispecies communities(d) A metabolic product for prokaryotic organismsThe question was asked by my school teacher while I was bunking the class.I would like to ask this question from Two Fundamentally Different Classes of Cells topic in portion Introduction to Cell of Cell Biology

Answer» RIGHT answer is (C) COMPLEX, multispecies communities

The explanation: Prokaryotes such as bacteria were initially thought to be solitary creatures, but they are capable of living as complex communities called as biofilms. A biofilm is defined as a group of microorganisms in which cells stick or adhere to a living or non-living surface. These adherent cells become EMBEDDED within a slimy extracellular matrix COMPOSED of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS).


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