Primary Recipient

UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY

Amount

$631,652.00

Award Date

8/15/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

Most, if not all, bacteria are able to live either as independent planktonic cells or as members of organized surface-anchored communities called biofilms. Biofilm formation is thought to be a developmental process that begins when a motile bacterium (the