Another example are the long-chain fatty alcohols with more than 23 atoms that are produced by planktonic bacteria.

They found that tidal currents cause more than half of the mucus to dissolve, becoming an important source of nutrients for planktonic bacteria.

Proteorhodopsin is a photoactive retinylidene protein in marine planktonic bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes.

The genus contains four species which all represent planktonic bacteria dwelling in the water column of freshwater lakes, reservoirs and streams.

The waves spread to the surface, in this case a catheter, creating horizontal waves that prevent the adhesion of planktonic bacteria to surfaces.

Gas vesicles are spindle-shaped structures found in some planktonic bacteria that provides buoyancy to these cells by decreasing their overall cell density.

Biofilms are more resistant to immune clearance mechanisms and to antibiotics compared to planktonic bacteria [ 29 30 ] .

These observations suggest that the assay is detecting bacteria as biofilms rather than simply measuring planktonic bacteria adhering to plastic wells.

The EPS-producing planktonic bacteria typically develop subpopulations of single cells and microcolonies that are embedded in an EPS matrix.

During the growth period planktonic bacteria, diatoms and even minute animals are built into the ice, forming communities which develop and stain the floes, especially the undersurfaces, green or brown.

Many planktonic bacteria are motile, using a flagellum to propagate, and chemotaxi to locate, move toward, and attach to a point source of dissolved organic matter (DOM) where fast growing cells digest all or part of the particle.