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However, evaluations of various silver-containing treatments suggest that their efficacy is often temporary or incomplete. A potential explanation of these observations is insufficient dosing of silver into the drinking water to reduce these types of microorganisms, which are known to be more resistant to biocides. Instead, sublethal exposure may cause these microorganisms to adapt in ways that increase their resistance to disinfection. In this study, we assessed the effects of different silver concentrations on biofilms of clinically and environmentally isolated <jats:italic>Mycobacterium abscessus<\/jats:italic>, a biofilm-forming member of the drinking water microbiota with public health and environmental significance, in a bench-scale system operated to simulated the use patterns of antimicrobial showerheads. We found that high concentrations of silver significantly reduced biofilms cell densities and impacted cellular aggregation behavior, but ultimately made the resulting treated water non-potable due to the concentration of silver needed to solicit these effects. Silver concentrations that were more appropriate for drinking water applications resulting in limited reduction in viable <jats:italic>M. abscessus<\/jats:italic>. Additionally, transcriptomic analysis revealed that genes related to stress survival were upregulated in all experimental conditions: genes related to flavoprotein, chaperone, and protease synthesis, ribosome synthesis, and cysteine and methionine metabolism were upregulated in the lower dose condition, and peptidoglycan synthesis and antioxidant production were upregulated in the higher silver dose condition. These expressional changes may enhance survival and pathogenicity traits in <jats:italic>M. abscessus<\/jats:italic> after silver exposure. 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