Table 1.

Biofilm formation, EPS composition and prevalence of biofilm forming genes among C. sakazakii strains.

	Biofilm Formation and Quantification			EPS Composition		Genes involved in biofilm formation
C. sakazakii strains	BF = AB-CW	BF = AB/CW	SBF = (AB-CW)/G	Total Carbohydrate (µg/ml)	Total Protein (µg/ml)	bcsC	bcsG	bcsA	flgJ	fliD	flhE
ATCC 12868	3.2	8.06	2.95cNote.	79.21bNote.	0.58aNote.	+	+	+	+	+	+
E604	3.7	9.32	4.73dNote.	87.06dNote.	7.11dNote.	+	+	+	+	+	–
N13	1.87	4.71	1.90aNote.	55.31aNote.	5.06cNote.	+	+	–	+	–	+
N15	2.98	7.51	2.27bNote.	82.76cNote.	4.70bNote.	+	−	+	+	+	−

^{Note. a–d} = Different letters in the same column indicate that the values are significantly different (p < 0.05) as measured by 2 sided Tukey's – post-hoc range test between replications