TABLE 2.

Inoculum concentration of S. epidermidis

Slime production group	CFU/ml
	Planktonic bacteria	Adherent bacteria recovered from well
Strong producers
S. epidermidis GC 5744	1.4 × 105	3.9 × 104
S. epidermidis PT 1031	2.0 × 105	5.6 × 105
Moderate producers
S. epidermidis GC 5734	1.0 × 105	1.7 × 105
S. epidermidis GC 5746	3.2 × 105	2.0 × 105
Weak producers
S. epidermidis GC 2794	6.0 × 105	4.8 × 105
S. epidermidis GC 5737	1.7 × 105	7.2 × 105
Nonproducers
S. epidermidis PT 5368	2.0 × 105	8.0 × 103
S. epidermidis PT 7276	1.0 × 105	1.3 × 104