Biofilm structure
Ecosystems are composed of a variety of energetic microhabitats where microbial communities interact ideally ”as metabolically interdependent groups”. Bacteria colonise microhabitats compatible with their physiologic and metabolic needs, which depend upon their neighbouring bacteria, and this may influence the spatial structure of the community. Biofilm communities are composed of either interspecies or lipids. The extracellular polymeric substance provides protection to the microorganism not only from altered pH, osmolarity, and nutrient scarcity but also blocks the access of bacterial biofilm communities to antibiotics and therefore the host’s immune cells (Sharma et al., 2019) (Fig 1. Structure of Biofilm Formation).