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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2012 Sep;10(9):1055–1066. doi: 10.1586/eri.12.88

Figure 2. In vitro biofilms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis are drug tolerant.

Figure 2

(A) Biofilms of Mycobacterium tuberculosis on the air–media interface grown in a 12-well plate. (B) Biofilms of green fluorescent protein expressing M. tuberculosis on a polycarbonate surface, showing distinct microcolonies. (C) Presence of rifampicin-tolerant persisters in M. tuberculosis biofilms formed on air–media interface. The data from the original article are reproduced in accordance with the policy of the journal publishing the original article.

bf: Biofilm; plnk: Planktonic; Rif: Rifampicin.

Adapted from [102].