Table 3.

Inhibitory activity of the leads (at 400 µM) on the transition from microcolonies to fully formed biofilms as quantified using crystal violet staining assay. Results are reported as mean ± SD of three independent experiments.

Strain	2117	2896
P. aeruginosa PAO1	42.3 ± 12.4	11.6 ± 11.1
P. aeruginosa ATCC 9027	27.2 ± 6.0	22.5 ± 3.2
P. aeruginosa ATCC 15422	11.2 ± 1.8	28.1 ± 15.1
E. coli K-12	51.3 ± 6.9	14.3 ± 10.1