Table 5. Summary of Bacterial Morphological Changes to Polymer Surfaces.

material/etching process	bulk		isotropic etched		anisotropic etched
	colonization behavior/shape		colonization behavior/shape		colonization behavior/shape
	1 h	24 h	1 h	24 h	1 h	24 h
porycarbonate (PC)	clustered/normal	clustered/elongated	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	clustered/normal	dispersed/normal
polyimide (PO)	dispersed/elongated	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal
perfluoroalkoxyalkane (PFA)	dispersed/small	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal
polyethylene (PE)	clustered/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/small	dispersed/normal	dispersed/small
acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)	dispersed/small	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/small
acetal polyoxymethylene (P0M)	dispersed/small	dispersed/normal	dispersed/normal	dispersed/small	dispersed/normal	dispersed/small
polyethylene terephalate (PET)	dispersed/small	dispersed/normal	dispersed/small	dispersed/small	dispersed/small	clustered/small