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A traditional figure depicting different stages of biofilm development. Detailed in letters below are recent discoveries important for this process discussed in the text of the report. This includes the appearance of colony morphology variants that have been isolated from mature biofilms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Abbreviations: eDNA, extracellular DNA; PS, polysaccharide; RSCV, rugose small-colony variant.
