biofilms!

fishorama said:
I find biofilms fascinating :cool: & since Dr. Tim mentioned them recently, I thought I'd share this interesting article: http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/biofilms/1

I like the graphics :thm:

I had forgotten about it so thanks for the reminder, Dr Tim :cheers:
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LOL... I've never done acid but I imagine if I did and was tripping or having a flashback, I might also find biofilms "fascinating".... although blown up to a full sized poster might certainly compete with what some people consider art... and probably give Monet a run for his money. ;-)

I presume you're a biology major?
 
Did you read the article? I'm not a bio major or druggie, I thought it was interesting, sorry you didn't.

I think many of us assume "bioslime" is a beneficial growth in our tanks, good for microflora & fauna that some fish graze on. I almost never clean the back wall of tanks, all part of an established aquarium environment.

But not all biofilms are beneficial, harmful bacteria & fungi can live there too.The ability of bacteria to wall itself off in biofilm could explain why some tanks seem to have recurrent +/or antibiotic-resisant infections. This is something pharmaceutical researchers look at & the ability to get into the biofilm wall.
 
fishorama, I haven't read the whole article yet but intend to. Looks fascinating, and the slime images are awesome. I like to leave biofilm undisturbed in my tanks, too. :)
 
fishorama said:
Did you read the article? I'm not a bio major or druggie, I thought it was interesting, sorry you didn't.

I think many of us assume "bioslime" is a beneficial growth in our tanks, good for microflora & fauna that some fish graze on. I almost never clean the back wall of tanks, all part of an established aquarium environment.

But not all biofilms are beneficial, harmful bacteria & fungi can live there too.The ability of bacteria to wall itself off in biofilm could explain why some tanks seem to have recurrent +/or antibiotic-resisant infections. This is something pharmaceutical researchers look at & the ability to get into the biofilm wall.
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You said in your first post that "biolfilms [were] fascinating" and I thought that was kind of funny which is why I said "LOL" and then I ended my comment with a smiley face indicating I was joking around with you. Sorry you didn't get it.

Now, if you had said the article was interesting, like you did in your follow-up reply, I might have just agreed but I thought the "fascinating" was a word that only a biologist or scientist would say about biofilms. Most others would say "EWWWW... biofilms are gross!!!"... but the article was still interesting.. and like I said, the pictures, if blown up to poster size would compete with most million dollar pieces of art.
 
Lenny, I DID say it was interesting in my first post:silly:

... Actually I like the drawings for showing how biofilms form, the pics are a little gross :yuck: but still quite interesting. Maybe only to science fans ;)
 
GoldLenny said:
Now, if you had said the article was interesting, like you did in your follow-up reply, I might have just agreed but I thought the "fascinating" was a word that only a biologist or scientist would say about biofilms. Most others would say "EWWWW... biofilms are gross!!!"... but the article was still interesting.. and like I said, the pictures, if blown up to poster size would compete with most million dollar pieces of art.
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Well, I'm no scientist, although I do have a healthy appreciation for Vulcan science officers... Which is probably why I'm more the type to say "fascinating" versus "Eww gross!".
 
I grok Spock. And biofilms, for that matter. Both are fascinating, but to different areas of my, um, brain. ;)
 
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