My name comes from a latin word that means slime or poison .
我的名字来自一个表示粘液或者毒物的拉丁单词。
To further confirm their results , the researchers grew bacterial colonies near wells filled with a solution of ammonia and found the same slime gradient .
Because biofilms increase bacteria 's resistance to antibiotics and are known to coat many implanted medical devices , learning more about how and why bacteria produce slime could have important medical applications .
Instead the researchers observed a gradient : the cultures toward the middle of the plate , nearest to the left-side bacteria feasting on the nutrient-rich medium , oozed the most slime and took on a pinkish tint .
Pliny also described how he was able to make practical use of bioluminescence : a walking stick dipped in the glowing slime of a jellyfish , he observed , " will light the way like a torch " .
