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Biofilms can be considered as complex agglomerates of microorganisms which grow associated to a surface. Whereas biofilms are applied since decades for wastewater treatment, their use in biotechnological production processes is still limited. Within a recently launched project the interactions of microstructured metallic substrates with biofilm producing microorganisms are investigated. One major aim is to investigate morphology-related growth as well as productivity of different microorganisms.
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Muffler, K., Schlegel, C., Ziegler, C. et al. Produktive Biofilme. Biospektrum 19, 216–217 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-013-0294-0
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