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Table 5 Effect of oxygen on Staphylococcus aureus AH133 BLS a

From: Characterization of biofilm-like structures formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a synthetic mucus medium

EO2

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Total biovolume (μm3/μm2)b

Mean thickness (μm)b

Roughness coefficientb

Total surface area × 107 (μm2)b

Surface to volume ratio

(μm2/μm3)b

20%

9

7.00 ± 0.46

7.57 ± 0.50

0.58 ± 0.17

0.76 ± 0.12

0.57 ± 0.09

10%

9

0.22 ± 0.03

0.27 ± 0.04

1.90 ± 0.02

0.07 ± 0.00

1.59 ± 0.01

  1. aStrains were grown for 3 d without shaking.
  2. bSee Table 1 for description of parameters.