FIGURE 3.
Life cycle of biofilms depicting functions of eDNA in the attachment, cell-cell adhesion, biofilm proliferation, detachment/dispersion, antibiotic resistance, and HGT. eDNA, extracellular DNA; HGT, horizontal gene transfer
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