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Which of the following statements about bacterial biofilms Is FALSE?Polysaccharides are a major component of the extracellular matrixThe extracellular matrix helps to protect bacteria in the biofilm from chemical disinfectantsBacteria in a biofilm always remain in the blofilm and never return to growth inTransfer of conjugative plasmids between bacterial cells is more frequent in blofums than in liquid suspension culturesThe presence of non-growing or slowly growing bacteria contributes to the ability of bacteria in a blofilm to survivetreatment with some antibiotics. |
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