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Environmental scanning electron microscopic images of 4-day (a) and 7-day (b) S. aureus biofilms on dermal explants. The cell clusters in 4-day biofilms appear healthy, with spatially separated cell clusters. The 7-day biofilms show a flat surface with lysed bacteria (arrow in panel b).