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Adhesion rate coefficient (kd) of A) E. coli S17, and B) CML on clean PVC and biofilm surface grown at different times as a function of ionic strength (KCl) at pH 8.2–8.5 and at 25 °C. The error bars correspond to 95% confidence intervals.