title: Are there biofilm-specific physiological pathways beyond a reasonable doubt?
abstract: The development of surface-attached communities called biofilms is often thought to be a regulated developmental process involving profound biofilm-specific modifications. Despite intense scrutiny and a growing body of evidence correlating changes in gene expression with the switch from planktonic-to-biofilm lifestyle, an integrated view of biofilm formation is still missing.
authors.affiliation: Groupe de Génétique des Biofilms, Institut Pasteur, CNRS URA 2172, 25, rue du Dr. Roux, 75724, Paris cedex 15, France. jmghigo@pasteur.fr
authors.forename: Jean Marc
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ghigo
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D023281:Genomics; D010641:Phenotype; D040901:Proteomics