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

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

  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 ± 10.4a 130.9 ± 17.2b 141.5 ± 16.6b 143.1 ± 23.6b 180.0 ± 24.7c 145.7 ± 25.6b
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
  1. 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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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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