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Table 1 Comparative susceptibility of bacterial biofilms to metalloid oxyanions with 4 hours of exposure

From: High-throughput metal susceptibility testing of microbial biofilms

Strain

Metal

MIC (mM)

MBC (mM)

MBEC (mM)

Fold tolerance1

E. coli TG1

SeO32-

> 5.8

> 5.8

> 5.8

na

 

TeO32-

0.02 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.02

> 2.0

≥ 133

P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853

SeO32-

> 187

> 187

> 187

na

 

TeO32-

1.6 ± 0.8

6.6 ± 3.0

> 16

2.4

  1. na indicates a measurement that is not applicable
  2. 1the fold tolerance, given the sensitivity of the assay on a log2 scale, is equal to the ratio of the means of MBEC:MBC