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Figure 3.2. Scanning electron micrographs of commercially grown alfalfa sprouts.
(A) An incipient biofi lm on the surface of a cotyledon, note the strands (arrows) of
material attaching the bacteria to each other and to the plant surface; (B) two biofi lms
(arrows) on a cotyledon surface, note the continuous matrix of material between the
covering and the bacterial cell; (C) a biofi lm on the surface of a hypocotyl, note the
mixed bacterial cell morphologies; (D) a biofi lm on the surface of a primary root.
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