What drives bacteria to produce a biofilm?

By K. Jefferson. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2004

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Size doesn’t matter: towards a more inclusive philosophy of biology (2007, background): “Everyone may agree that there are intercellular relationships and loose communities, but the argument is about whether such interactions justify the postulation of multicellularity (e.g., Jefferson 2004).”
Hitchhikers on the fungal highway: The helper effect for bacterial migration via fungal hyphae (2011, background): “The highly intricate physiological developments in cells in a biofilm (Jefferson, 2004) may include a role for an active TTSS as a means to attach to surfaces.”
The Rising Tide of Antimicrobial Resistance in Aquaculture: Sources, Sinks and Solutions (2017, background): “Biofilms, however, are generally resistant to penetration by antibiotics [90,91], which, makes the treatment of pathogens difficult [92].”
The role of bacterial biofilms in chronic infections (2013, background): “Jefferson KK.”
Enhanced Biofilm Formation and Increased Resistance to Antimicrobial Agents and Bacterial Invasion Are Caused by Synergistic Interactions in Multispecies Biofilms (2006, background): “Additionally, the bacterial cells present in a biofilm have an increased resistance to desiccation, grazing, and antimicrobial agents compared to their planktonic counterparts (15, 24, 28, 32, 53).”