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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Microbiol. 2016 Jan 29;30:67–78. doi: 10.1016/j.mib.2016.01.004

Table 2.

Dispersion events confirmed by direct microscopic examination, with dispersion being part of biofilm developmental life cycle.

Species Growth conditions and observations Source
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms grown under flowing conditions, dispersion and hollowing noted in > 6 d biofilms [2,15,31,91]
Candida albicans Biofilms grown under flowing conditions for 24 hr; Dispersion of biomass noted by cell enumeration and hemocytometer. [92]
Neisseria subflava Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans Haemophilus aphrophilus Streptococcus mitis oral Streptococcus sp. Batch polystyrene petri dish surface; 24hr growth; cell release apparent within 8hr [93]
P. fluorescens Cells attached on glass slides, grown in Batch culture system; Dispersion/loss of biomass noted within 40 hrs; mediated by an EPS lyase [94]