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. 2017 Apr 26;2(4):1645–1652. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00567

Table 2. Inhibition of Colonization on DAP–Ti6Al4V Surfacea.

time 2 h 4 h 8 h 24 h
control Ti6Al4V 2.14 ± 0.58 7.55 ± 2.81 61.80 ± 37.64 90.34 ± 31.60
DAP-Ti6Al4V 5.06 ± 1.33 5.38 ± 1.09 17.49 ± 20.04 41.20 ± 22.27
a

Colonies from all three independent batches were stained with a live/dead BacLight kit. Live green fluorescent bacterial colonies on the surface of the Ti6Al4V foils were imaged on a CK40 fluorescence microscope and counted using Image Pro Plus 4.5.