ABSTRACT
The phenomenon of adherence of microorganisms on different surfaces is widespread in the food industry, medical equipment (prostheses, implants), natural environments, and water supply systems. Otto (2008) described how microorganisms can live and proliferate as individual cells or they can attach to surfaces, where they grow as highly organized multicellular communities that are referred to as biolms and are now regarded as the predominant mode of microbial life in nature and disease.
