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. 2022 Jun 1;3(2):021305. doi: 10.1063/5.0080845

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FIG. 4. — There are two main types of reformable bonds. One type is a sticky extracellular matrix that surrounds the cells. A second type is a surface-binding protein that can interact with proteins on the surface of another cell. The upper two experimental images are (i) an electron micrograph of a biofilm of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria on a catheter and (ii) a scanning electron micrograph of a multicellular colony of C. reinhardtii, adapted from Herron et al., Sci. Rep. 9, 2328 (2019). Copyright 2019 Author(s), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. The bottom experimental image is an aggregate of flocculating yeast, S. cerevisiae.