A process in which planktonically growing microorganisms of the same species grow at a liquid-air interface or on a solid substrate under the flow of a liquid and produce extracellular polymers that facilitate matrix formation, resulting in a change in the organisms' growth rate and gene transcription.
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bfp-dependent aggregation; bundle-forming fimbriae-dependent aggregation; bundle-forming pili-dependent aggregation; tfp-dependent aggregation; type IV pili-dependent aggregation