single-species biofilm formation in or on host organism

id: GO:0044407
name: single-species biofilm formation in or on host organism
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A process in which microorganisms of the same species attach to and grow in or on a surface in a host species, and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate attachment and matrix formation, resulting in an alteration in the phenotype of the organisms with respect to growth rate and gene transcription. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction.

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