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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Control Release. 2016 Apr 7;230:79–87. doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.04.009

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Microphotographs of optical microscopic analysis (A1 and B1) and confocal microscopic images (A2, A3, B2, and B3) of pectin hydrogel beads. Volume of beads: A1–A3, 50 μl; B1–B3, 10 μl. Bacterial content: A1 and B1: 0, A2: 10 Log, A3 and B2: 9 Log, B3: 8 Log. Bar in A1=3 mm, Bar in B1=2 mm, Bar in A2–3 and B2–3=100 μm. Field width: A1=10.5 mm, B1=21 mm, A2, A3, B2, and B3=400 μm.