biofilm

Etymology
From. First used in the early 1970s in the context of wastewater treatment.

Noun

 * 1)  A thin film of mucus created by and containing a colony of bacteria and other microorganisms.

Translations

 * Finnish: biofilmi, biokalvo
 * French: biopellicule
 * German: Biofilm
 * Hungarian: biofilm
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: biofilme
 * Slovak: biofilm
 * Spanish: biopelícula