Table 1.

Adhesion forces and rupture lengths of yeast cells, 30-min and 60-min germinated cells on untreated and HBP coated CVC surfaces

Table 1	Adhesion forces [nN]			Rupture lengths [nm]
	Surface delay [s]		P1	Surface delay [s]		P1
	0	1		0	1
Untreated CVC surfaces2
Yeast cells	0.33 ± 0.2	1.56 ± 1.2	**	519 ± 338	607 ± 299	ns
30-min germinated cells	2.61 ± 1.3	4.78 ± 2.8	*	649 ± 264	628 ± 216	ns
60-min germinated cells	7.86 ± 4.4	16.55 ± 9.6	**	766 ± 203	715 ± 145	ns
HBP-coated CVC surfaces2
Yeast cells	0.39 ± 0.3	1.31 ± 0.7	**	586 ± 329	576 ± 190	ns
30-min germinated cells	2.59 ± 1.0	4.78 ± 2.2	**	752 ± 195	782 ± 128	ns
60-min germinated cells	22.17 ± 9.9	36.2 ± 18.3	*	911 ± 127	907 ± 151	ns

¹*, P< 0.05; **, P< 0.01; Mann-Whitney U test

²Mean values and SD obtained from 10–20 individual cells per condition and cell type