Quotes About Biofilm

But if your immune system isn't great, and fails to monitor it, P. gingivalis starts to produce biofilm-signaling molecules, and neighboring organisms are like, wait, we can join a biofilm?" (Biofilms are slimy structures inside of which bacteria live in an organized community and communicate with one another; the spongy molecular matrix that contains them helps protect them from the immune system's attacks.) And soon you've got a mouth full of cavities.

A biofilm that appears to produce a cloaking effect.