Fig. 5.

Filastatin-treatment of polystyrene prevents C. albicans attachment. a Diagram representing the experimental setup. Step 1 Polystyrene surfaces were untreated (i, ii), treated with the DMSO solvent (iii), or treated with Filastatin (iv). Step 2 Washing. Step 3 Incubation with C. albicans in the presence of solvent (i), Filastatin (ii), or none (iii, iv). b Crystal violet staining to determine C. albicans attachment to Filastatin-treated polystyrene. The black bars (control and edt1 ^−/−) represent C. albicans attachment to untreated polystyrene. The white bar represents Filastatin treated C. albicans attachment to untreated polystyrene. The grey bar represents adhesion of C. albicans to polystyrene exposed to the solvent only, and the grey hatched bar represents C. albicans adhesion to Filastatin-treated polystyrene