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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Basic Microbiol. 2011 Jun 9;51(5):10.1002/jobm.201000426. doi: 10.1002/jobm.201000426

Table 2.

Summary of biofilm formation of Vibrio fischeri under different environmental conditions.

Condition Biofilm formation (n = 26)
Weak No. Strains OD + SD Moderate No. Strains OD + SD Strong No. Strains OD + SD
Temperature (°C) 12 19* 0.39 ± 0.21 7 0.63 ± 0.09
15 14 0.51 ± 0.15 12 0.79 ± 0.12
20 26 0.83 ± 0.25
25 5 1.10 ± 0.19 21* 1.69 ± 0.24
28 26 1.97 ± 0.29
30 26 0.78 ± 0.20
32 26 0.19 ± 0.08
a NaCl (%) 1 26 1.42 ± 0.44
2 26 1.57 ± 0.48
3 26 1.60 ± 0.53
4 26 1.61 ± 0.60
5 20* 1.13 ± 0.09 6 1.03 ± 0.38
6 4 0.42 ± 0.07 19* 0.95 ± 0.40 3 1.23 ± 0.06
7 26 0.41 ± 0.38
8 26 0.03 ± 0.01
9 26 0.01 ± 0.001
Agitation (rpm) 0 26 1.85 ± 0.39
60 9 1.17 ± 0.12 17* 1.77 ± 0.46
130 8 0.47 ± 0.29 10 1.20 ± 0.18 8 1.75 ± 0.32
240 19 0.32 ± 0.11 7 0.73 ± 0.15
MRM (Dilution factor) Undiluted 3 0.37 ± 0.08 21* 0.84 ± 0.14 2 1.08 ± 0.07
1:2 17* 1.08 ± 0.11 9 1.73 ± 0.10
1:4 26 0.34 ± 0.28
1:8 26 0.15 ± 0.06
1:16 26 0.03 ± 0.01
a

1% = 10 parts per thousand

*

Significant difference within strains (p < 0.05) calculated using the Welsch step-up procedure.