TABLE 2.
COMSTAT analysis of biofilmsb
| Straina | Biomass (μm3/μm2) | Thickness (μm)
|
Substratum coverage | Roughness | Surface area to vol (μm2/μm3) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | Maximum | |||||
| Rugose | ||||||
| Rugose (WT) | 19.61 ± 3.01 | 29.35 ± 3.11 | 80.69 ± 14.60 | 0.95 ± 0.07 | 0.57 ± 0.10 | 1.43 ± 0.16 |
| RΔcdgG | 14.17 ± 3.87 | 21.00 ± 4.70 | 65.69 ± 19.72 | 0.93 ± 0.08 | 0.67 ± 0.01 | 1.57 ± 0.29 |
| RΔcdgH | 11.54 ± 2.66 | 15.91 ± 5.18 | 50.68 ± 9.98 | 0.95 ± 0.03 | 0.63 ± 0.07 | 1.48 ± 0.11 |
| Smooth | ||||||
| Smooth (WT) | 15.17 ± 2.39 | 16.48 ± 3.55 | 26.87 ± 3.22 | 0.98 ± 0.03 | 0.18 ± 0.01 | 1.37 ± 0.52 |
| SΔcdgG | 16.41 ± 3.14 | 18.31 ± 4.70 | 50.41 ± 9.01 | 0.85 ± 0.09 | 0.34 ± 0.06 | 1.38 ± 0.70 |
| SΔcdgH | 14.58 ± 3.99 | 15.24 ± 5.06 | 23.91 ± 4.49 | 0.98 ± 0.02 | 0.17 ± 0.04 | 1.08 ± 0.49 |
a
WT, wild type.
b
All values are means ± standard deviations derived from at least four z-series image stacks.