Fig. 8

UAMS-1 and USA300 produced similar biofilms on stainless-steel (SS) and titanium (Ti) K-wires. Bioluminescent UAMS-1 or USA300 were inoculated in the flow chamber containing K-wires made of SS or Ti as described in Fig. 3. A Heat map images of the harvested K-wires in a microtiter plate during bioluminescent imaging (BLI exposure time 60 s, colour scale 1e6–1e7). B Quantification of the BLI signal (p/s/cm2/sr logarithmic scale) in the 1 cm² ROI is presented as the mean +/− S.E. (*p < 0.05). C Representative SEM images of the biofilm on the implant are shown at 30x. No remarkable differences between the biofilm formed on SS vs. Ti were observed