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biofilm

aggregation of microorganisms on a surface shielding them from harmful substances in the environment
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biofilm

Summary

biofilm ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,508 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • biofilm is a type of cellular component[2].
  • biofilm's Commons category is recorded as Biofilms[3].
  • biofilm's different from is recorded as suspended bacterial aggregate[4].
  • biofilm's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002034[5].
  • biofilm's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as WikiProject Zika Corpus[6].

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Definition and Type

biofilm is a type of cellular component[2].

Why It Matters

biofilm ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,508 views/month).[1] biofilm has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] biofilm is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → suspended bacterial aggregate
    Subclass of → cellular component
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25266, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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