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Clear and rigid terminological structure is an important prerequisite of any scientific communication and, after all, of the development of any scientific discipline. Yet, being carried away by their empirical investigations, scientists often neglect the terminological difficulties accumulating little by little in the theoretical apparatus. Sometimes an exterior look at a growing scientific discipline can be useful for detecting such difficulties.
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Levit, G.S., Krumbein, W.E. (2003). Is There an Adequate Terminology of Biofilms and Microbial Mats?. In: Krumbein, W.E., Paterson, D.M., Zavarzin, G.A. (eds) Fossil and Recent Biofilms. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0193-8_22
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