FIG 5.
Biofilm formation. The crystal violet biofilm assay was performed in triplicate and repeated three times. The biofilm formation is indicated by the absorbance at 570 nm from the wild-type (WT) strain (ATCC 29544), the mcp deletion mutant (HR101), or strain HR101 harboring the pPMCP plasmid (Δmcp/pPMCP). Double asterisks indicate that the absorbance was significantly different (P < 0.01) from that of the WT strain.