The general concept is biofilms are resistance mode of growth. my experience is only resistance bacteria are able to adopt this particular stage. e.g only vancomycin resistant S. aureus adopt biofilm mode of growth after exposure to vancomycin.
Mihai Mares
Because this is a strategy to survive; bacteria produce soluble chemical signals called quorum sensing to modulate the community behavior
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Marwan M. A. Mohammed
What drives bacteria to produce a biofilm?
a review by Jefferson KK.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15251193
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