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You are a bacterium living well in a community of otherbacteria, phage and yeasts. Resources are partitioned well;cooperation is efficient and abundant. But what is this? Onehundred outside bacteria are trying to enter and become establishedand this is not a welcomed event.
How would you use your secretion system to defend yourcommunity and yourself? How would you also use your secretionsystem to support the existence and well-being of othermicroorganisms in your biofilm community?

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Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that are attached to a surface The structure of the extracellular polymeric substance EPS matrix of biofilms is composed of one or more of extracellular polysaccharides DNA and proteins Channels in the    See Answer
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