Attachment of Salmonella strains to a plant cell wall model is modulated by surface characteristics and not by specific carbohydrate interactions

Table 1 Measurements obtained from AFM height images of the BC composites

	BC	BCP (0.5 %)	BCX (0.5 %)	BCP (0.1 %) X (0.1 %)	BCP (0.1 %) X (0.3 %)	BCP (0.1 %) X (0.5 %)
Microfibril diameters (nm)	103.3 ± 10.4^a	130.9 ± 17.2^b	141.5 ± 16.6^b	143.1 ± 23.6^b	180.0 ± 24.7^c	145.7 ± 25.6^b
Average roughness (nm)	63.8 ± 23.2	79.1 ± 20.3	65.9 ± 12.3	77.2 ± 22.1	91.4 ± 24.3	73.9 ± 6.7
Root mean square roughness (nm)	75.1 ± 22.0	97.3 ± 24.8	76.5 ± 13.5	88.5 ± 23.9	110.6 ± 28.9	87.7 ± 9.7

Data are presented as mean ± SD where n = 30. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences between types of BC composites whereas absence of lowercase letters indicate no significant differences between types of BC composites within the same row (One-way ANOVA & Tukey’s pairwise comparison at p < 0.05)

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