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biofouling

accumulation of microorganisms, plants, algae, or animals on wetted surfaces
Class type of: biological process, fouling Q1439821
biofouling

Facts

2 properties
Subclass of
biological process, fouling
Described by source
Belarusian encyclopedia[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en biofouling en epibiosis en biological fouling ar حشف حيوي de Fouling (Schiffbau) de Antifouling es Bioincrustacion es bioincrustación fa رسوب زیستی fr bioencrassement fr biofouling fr encrassement biologique he ביופאולינג he צימדה ביולוגית he צימדה ימית he צמדה ביולוגית he צמדה ימית ja 生物付着 ja 生物汚損 nl bio-aanslag
🔖 Identifiers · 10
OpenAlex ID
C6047279
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300386580
DeCS ID
53773
Environment Ontology ID
06105023
Freebase ID
/m/04_hvr
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
biofouling
MeSH descriptor ID
D057219
MeSH tree code
G16.500.100, N06.850.460.150, N06.850.540.500
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
6047279
UMLS CUI
C2718047

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Subclass of 2
biological process, fouling
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Summary

biofouling is a type of biological process[1] and fouling[2].

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  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). biofouling. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/biofouling
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_biofouling_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{biofouling}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/biofouling}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}}
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  1. 20h ago · Ueschar · 2026-11-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Belarusian encyclopedia
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/64044|batch #64044]]: pages 27-50"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 17
    Environment Ontology ID → 06105023
    Subclass of → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'be', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'he', 'is', 'kk', 'p
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Environment Ontology ID: 06105023, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/143356860|biofouling (#143356860)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5484|Environment Ont"
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