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Representative image for RP437 biofilms formed on a SAM-modified surface with the HS(CH2)11(OCH2CH2)3OH background and microcontact-printed HS(CH2)14CH3 patterns. The image is a Z section of a 20-μm-thick biofilm obtained 10 μm from the substratum.