slime layer

id: GO:0030114
name: slime layer
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A slime layer is an easily removed, diffuse, unorganized layer of extracellular material that surrounds a cell. Specifically this consists mostly of exopolysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0030112glycocalyx