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. 2003 Mar;69(3):1702–1709. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1702-1709.2003

FIG. 5.

FIG. 5.

Plot of tortuosity index [λMr (D)] versus probe molecular weight (3,000 to 240,000). The approximately linear correspondence between the tortuosity index and molecular weight is evidence for the role of tortuosity in the retardation of probe diffusion through biofilms.