Generalized Relationship between Numbers of Bacteria and Their Viability in Biofilms

Jelmer Sjollema; Minie Rustema-Abbing; Henny C. van der Mei; Henk J. Busscher

doi:10.1128/AEM.00178-11

Generalized Relationship between Numbers of Bacteria and Their Viability in Biofilms

Jelmer Sjollema^*, Minie Rustema-Abbing, Henny C. van der Mei, Henk J. Busscher

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Abstract

Bacterial biofilms are confined communities that are encapsulated in protective layers of extracellular polymeric substances. Microscopic evaluation of biofilms of diverse bacterial strains on various substrata reveals that, in general, the percentage of viable bacteria decreases with the total number of bacteria in a biofilm.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	5027-5029
Number of pages	3
Journal	Applied and environmental microbiology
Volume	77
Issue number	14
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00178-11
Publication status	Published - Jul-2011

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