Biofilms. Biofilm . Biological Film . Biological Layer . Encrustations, formed from microbes (bacteria, algae, fungi, plankton, or protozoa) embedding in extracellular polymers, that adhere to surfaces such as teeth (DENTAL DEPOSITS); PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; and catheters. Biofilms are prevented from forming by treating surfaces with DENTIFRICES; DISINFECTANTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; and antifouling agents. . 0.76
Biological Filters. Biofilters . Percolating Filters . Dripping Filters . Spray Filters . Adhered Biomass . Biological Filtration . Adhered Biomass Models . Adhered Biomass Reactors . Trickling Filters . Trickling Biofilters . A fixed bed of rocks, lava, coke, gravel, slag, polyurethane foam, sphagnum peat moss, ceramic, or plastic media over which sewage or other wastewater flows downward that causes a layer of microbial slime (biofilm) to grow, covering the bed of media. . 0.69
Biofuels. Biodiesel . Biofuel . Biofuel Oils . Biogas . Biodiesels . Biofuel Oil . Oil, Biofuel . Oils, Biofuel . Biological Gas . Hydrocarbon-rich byproducts from the non-fossilized BIOMASS that are combusted to generate energy as opposed to fossilized hydrocarbon deposits (FOSSIL FUELS). . 0.59
/biosynthesis. /anabolism . /bioformation . Used for the anabolic formation of chemical substances in organisms, in living cells, or by subcellular fractions. . 0.58
Ecosystem. Biome . Ecologic System . Ecologic Systems . Ecological System . Habitat . System, Ecological . Systems, Ecological . Biomes . Ecological Systems . Ecosystems . Habitats . System, Ecologic . Systems, Ecologic . A functional system which includes the organisms of a natural community together with their environment. (McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) . 0.57
Bionics. Bionic . The study of systems, particularly electronic systems, which function after the manner of, in a manner characteristic of, or resembling living systems. Also, the science of applying biological techniques and principles to the design of electronic systems. . 0.57
