A process in which planktonically growing microorganisms of different species grow at a liquid-air interface or on a solid substrate under the flow of a liquid and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate matrix formation, resulting in a change in the organisms' growth rate and gene transcription. [ GOC:cc GOC:tb GOC:di ]
Term information
multi-species biofilm formation in or on host organism
multi-species submerged biofilm formation
multi-species biofilm formation on inanimate substrate