Planktonic

... and responses are put in place by something as simple as cell density. colonialism in bacteria makes sense. most exist in biofilms- not in a planktonic state, and it makes perfect sense to me that bacteria could have been the first multicellular life, by forming these aggregates. the genes ...

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... to be supplied to bring these "inert" microbial cells back to a reproductive state that allows them to reproduce in culture by producing planktonic cells (i.e., a "wandering" stage microbial cell, which is culturable) or cells of the biofilm type. In addition to supplying nutrients, ...

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... malignancies. [Hematol J. 2000] PMID: 11920178 Efficacy of antiseptics and disinfectants on clinical and environmental yeast isolates in planktonic and biofilm conditions. Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, UFR des Sciences Medicales, 2 avenue du Professeur Leon Bernard--CS 34317, ...

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... wounds with mud or soil. The typical Pseudomonas bacterium in nature might be found in a biofilm, attached to some surface or substrate, or in a planktonic form, as a single cell actively motile my means of polar flagella. Pseudomonas is one of the most vigorous, fast-swimming bacteria seen in ...

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... in biofilms often have increased resistances to antimicrobials and to host defensive processes, when compared to the same strain growing in planktonic culture. The mechanisms for these enhanced resistances are not well understood. Since most antibiotics fully penetrate microbial biofilms, ...

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