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. 2014 Jun 1;2014:210165. doi: 10.1155/2014/210165

Table 4.

Influence of various factors on the formation of biofilms by strains of Mycobacterium bovis.

Biofilm mass (A 600)
Incubation time (n = 72)
 Week 2 0.818B
 Week 3 1.200A
 Week 4 1.134A
Cell contact surface (n = 72)
 Cement 1.317A
 Ceramic 0.927B
 Stainless steel 0.866C
Growth supplement (n = 72)
 Liver extract and OADC 1.126A
 Liver extract alone 1.054AB
 OADC alone 0.975B
Bacterial strain (n = 108)
 BCG 1.059A
 MBV1 1.044A

OADC: a growth supplement containing oleic-acid, albumin, dextrose, and catalase. Means in the same column not followed by the same upper case letters is significantly different (P < 0.05).