Figure 2.

E. faecalis attachment, microcolony formation, and biofilm development on a range of in vitro and in vivo substrates demonstrates morphological conservation. (A) OG1RF attachment and microcolony development in a leporine model of endovascular infection (96 hr) with pre-inoculation mechanical damage to the aortic valve via catheterization (bar = 50 μm); (B) OG1RF attachment and microcolony development in a leporine model of endovascular infection (96 hr) from an uncatheterized rabbit (bar = 50 μm); (C) E. faecalis OG1RF microcolony formation in vitro on an Aclar fluoropolymer membrane (8 hr; bar = 5 μm). (D) OG1RF colonization of the GI tract in a germ-free murine model (72 hr; bar = 5 μm).