multi-species biofilm formation
id: GO:0044399
name: multi-species biofilm formation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: A process in which microorganisms of different species attach to and grow on a surface 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0044400 | multi-species biofilm formation on inanimate substrate |
| GO:0044401 | multi-species biofilm formation in or on host organism |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0042710 | biofilm formation |
| GO:0044403 | symbiosis, encompassing mutualism through parasitism |
