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. 2019 Apr 17;9:6198. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-42722-9

Figure 7.

Figure 7

Performance of PCN-MSNPs coating on silicone urethral catheter as a function of incubation time. PCN-MSNPs coated (+) and uncoated (−) catheters were incubated in overnight grown mixed cultures of (A) C. albicans MTCC 227 + S. aureus MTCC 96 and (B) C. albicans MTCC 227 + S. aureus MLS-16 MTCC 2940. The biofilm formation in A and B group catheters after 24, 48 and 72 h incubation were visualized and quantified using crystal violet staining assay. (C) Polymicrobial biofilm inhibition by PCN-MSNPs coatings on silicone urethral catheters as a function of time. In (C), * indicates the statistically significant difference (p = 0.0001, α = 0.05) in biofilm growth percentage among the treatment at each time point, by one way ANOVA.