The occurrence of biofilms (slime-forming microbes) is a major problem in the sanitation and disinfection of process equipment.
Our approach was designed to enhance the removal of slime on closed surfaces in order to assess the effectiveness of sanitation in food plant.
Once on the slime trail, the gliding velocity increases.
These abandon the sporocysts when they are mature and migrate to the respiratory chamber of the mollusc where they are covered in slime.
Myxobacteria, in contrast to slime moulds, have developed such direct contact signals that do not diffuse away.
Hurley cites the slime mold as a biological example of collective agency.
The soot and slime, the slagheaps and the sewer rivers which disfigure so much of our country were applauded as a sign of our prosperity.
In difficult conditions, unpreserved wooden decks covered with fish slime can become ice rinks.
