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Scanning electron micrographs of MRSE 35984 biofilm. The intercellular matrices of EPS are captured as they wrap around every bacterium (A). At higher magnification, the EPS matrix is clearly shown to be sheltering the whole bacterial colony in an amorphous coat (B). Scale bars = 2 μm.