Microorganism vs Biofilm - What's the difference?
microorganism | biofilm |
(microbiology) An organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium.
(biology, medicine) A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.
As nouns the difference between microorganism and biofilm
is that microorganism is (microbiology) an organism that is too small to be seen by the unaided eye, especially a single-celled organism, such as a bacterium while biofilm is (biology|medicine) a thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.microorganism
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(wikipedia microorganism)Alternative forms
* micro-organism *Noun
(en noun)- The cud is then reswallowed and further digested by specialized microorganisms that live in the rumen.
