Figure 1.

(a) Chemical structures of monomers. (b–c) Confocal images of SYTO17 stained UPEC on (b) PPGdA 70 :30 TMPEMEdA or (c) BACOEA 70:30 MEEMA at 37 °C (left) and 4 °C (right). Each image is 160 × 160 µm. Images from controls are shown in Figure SI1. (d) Coverage of UPEC on polymer coupons or a glass coverslip grown at 37 °C () and grown at 37 °C then incubated at 4 °C () for 4 h. Error bar equals ± one standard deviation, n = 3. The coverage of bacteria on homopolymers of the 4 monomers after 72 h incubation is also shown. (e) By analysis of the supernatant and sonication of the substrates the –total number of bacterial cells on the substrate() and in the supernatant () on glass or PPGdA 70 :30 TMPEMEdA respectively was determined when either maintaining the temperature at 37 °C or reducing it to 4 °C.