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. 2017 Nov 29;6(12):106. doi: 10.3390/foods6120106

Table 3.

Biofilm formation on polystyrene plates with the four different growth media used at 6 °C and 22 °C by Salmonella strains tested in this study.

Strains Media
1/20 TSB 1/20 Milk TJ CMJ
St. 6 °C 22 °C 6 °C 22 °C 6 °C 22 °C 6 °C 22 °C
T1 0.112 ± 0.007 a 0.366 ± 0.089 a,* 0.092 ± 0.010 a,b 0.262 ± 0.077 b,* 0.079 ± 0.002 b 0.061 ± 0.004 d 0.083 ± 0.003 b 0.100 ± 0.015 c
T4 0.149 ± 0.012 a 0.395 ± 0.159 a,* 0.084 ± 0.011 b 0.139 ± 0.036 b,* 0.083 ± 0.007 b 0.059 ± 0.006 d,* 0.080 ± 0.004 b 0.088 ± 0.016 c
T5 0.146 ± 0.045 a 0.169 ± 0.057 a 0.099 ± 0.026 b 0.160 ± 0.089 a 0.078 ± 0.009 c 0.080 ± 0.005 c 0.077 ± 0.005 c 0.111 ± 0.013 b,*
T6 0.152 ± 0.012 a 0.219 ± 0.038 a,* 0.090 ± 0.009 b 0.144 ± 0.052 b,* 0.057 ± 0.005 d 0.071 ± 0.010 d 0.076 ± 0.004 c 0.113 ± 0.018 c,*
ET1 0.112 ± 0.007 a 0.461 ± 0.069 a,* 0.101 ± 0.014 a,b 0.199 ± 0.032 b,* 0.082 ± 0.008 b,c 0.088 ± 0.010 c 0.079 ± 0.010 c 0.091 ± 0.015 c,*
B2 0.232 ± 0.037 a 0.452 ± 0.042 a,* 0.108 ± 0.026 b 0.160 ± 0.033 b,* 0.080 ± 0.010 c 0.116 ± 0.012 c,* 0.085 ± 0.003 c 0.156 ± 0.022 b
N5 0.201 ± 0.022 a 0.424 ± 0.049 a,* 0.105 ± 0.017 b 0.191 ± 0.035 b,* 0.110 ± 0.013 b 0.081 ± 0.002 c 0.097 ± 0.025 b 0.105 ± 0.034 c
I4 0.076 ± 0.008 a 0.131 ± 0.025 a,* 0.104 ± 0.039 a 0.117 ± 0.061 a 0.100 ± 0.021 a 0.118 ± 0.032 a 0.111 ± 0.039 a 0.116 ± 0.025 a
I5 0.158 ± 0.012 a 0.404 ± 0.135 a,* 0.104 ± 0.021 b 0.146 ± 0.021 b 0.082 ± 0.003 c 0.125 ± 0.022 b,* 0.079 ± 0.004 c 0.085 ± 0.022 c
AZ3 0.115 ± 0.013 a 0.142 ± 0.063 a 0.080 ± 0.010 b 0.089 ± 0.020 b 0.083 ± 0.005 b 0.060 ± 0.009 c,* 0.079 ± 0.006 b 0.089 ± 0.019 b
AZ6 0.131 ± 0.015 a 0.098 ± 0.011 a,* 0.087 ± 0.020 b 0.100 ± 0.018 a 0.090 ± 0.010 b 0.067 ± 0.010 b,* 0.082 ± 0.007 c 0.097 ± 0.012 a
SA2 0.642 ± 0.098 a 0.563 ± 0.034 a 0.130 ± 0.040 b 0.300 ± 0.060 b,* 0.079 ± 0.010 c 0.081 ± 0.011 d 0.080 ± 0.020 c 0.121 ± 0.022 c,*
SA3 0.433 ± 0.019 a 0.566 ± 0.061 a,* 0.124 ± 0.032 b 0.314 ± 0.039 b,* 0.081 ± 0.001 c 0.066 ± 0.009 d,* 0.077 ± 0.012 c 0.096 ± 0.009 c,*
X¯ 0.210 ± 0.161 a 0.341 ± 0.165 a,* 0.101 ± 0.020 b 0.179 ± 0.070 b,* 0.084 ± 0.015 b 0.083 ± 0.023 c 0.081 ± 0.014 b 0.105 ± 0.022 c,*

Different letters in the same row and the same temperature indicate significant differences (p < 0.05). Asterisks indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between the two temperatures for the same growth medium. Strains code corresponds to those in Table 1. St.: strains; X¯: Average. Tryptic Soy Broth 1/20 at 1/20 (w/w) (1/20 TSB); Milk at 1/20 (w/w) (1/20 Milk); Tomato Juice (TJ); Chicken meat juice (CMJ).