TABLE 3.
COMSTAT quantitative analysis of biofilm structures formed by V. cholerae rugose variant and deletion mutants of rbmB-F and bap1a
| Strain | Total biomass (μm3/μm2) | Thickness (μm)
|
Substrate coverage | Roughness coefficient | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Maximum | ||||
| Rugose | 15.6 (3.3) | 17.5 (4.9) | 56.7 (15.1) | 1.0 (0.01) | 0.5 (0.1) |
| RΔrbmB | 15.7 (3.3) | 18.2 (5.4) | 65.6 (12.5) | 1.0 (0.02) | 0.7 (0.1) |
| RΔrbmC | 13.7 (1.8) | 15.0 (2.0) | 52.8 (2.1) | 1.0 (0.01) | 0.6 (0.1) |
| RΔbap1 | 16.9 (2.9) | 19.2 (3.7) | 54.3 (9.7) | 0.9 (0.1) | 0.5 (0.04) |
| RΔrbmC Δbap1 | 0.4 (0.3) | 0.5 (0.3) | 20.9 (5.8) | 0.1 (0.04) | 1.9 (0.1) |
| RΔrbmD | 15.7 (2.3) | 20.4 (3.4) | 58.3 (11.1) | 1.0 (0.02) | 0.4 (0.1) |
| RΔrbmEF | 16.1 (1.0) | 17.3 (1.2) | 53.0 (1.9) | 1.0 (0.001) | 0.3 (0.04) |
a
Values presented are means of data from at least five z-series image stacks taken at 24 h. The numbers in parentheses indicate standard deviations.