Table 1.
Microbial composition | C. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. krusei (CCC) | C. albicans, E. coli, S. aureus, S. salivarius (CESS) | ||||||||||||
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Growth medium | TSB | RPMI | YPD | YNB | M199 | Spider | FBS | TSB | RPMI | YPD | YNB | M199 | Spider | FBS |
microbial density | +++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | +++ | + | +++ | +++ | |
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hypheal growth | ++ | + | + | + | + | +++ | + | + | ||||||
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yeast growth | +++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | ++ | ++ | + | + | +++ | ||
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bacterial growth | +++ | + | ++ | + | +++ | ++ |
Overview of identified microscopic morphologies of in vitro generated biofilms based on the microscopic evaluation by SEM of 4 platelet surfaces for each microbial composition and growth medium (no presence, + rare presence, ++ moderate presence, and +++ present in all samples).