Bacteria Cities Cannot Form On a Super-Slippery Surface, Inspired by Meat-Eating Plants

From Discover Technology:

When bacteria start building cities, we're in trouble. The normally free-floating cells can gather in large numbers and secrete a slimy matrix that they live within. These communities are called biofilms, and they grow wherever there is a surface to support them. Hospital catheters are prime real estate, but they'll settle on everything from plumbing to oil refineries to ship hulls.

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