Figure 3.

Comparison of survival of microbicide exposure of microbicide-resistant and -susceptible strains. Average percent survival of four microbicide-resistant, planktonic bacteria vs. six microbicide-sensitive strains after exposure to antiseptics at proper dwell times. (A) Microbicide-resistant strains survived more than microbicide-sensitive bacteria after 4 min of bleach exposure (p = 0.01). No differences were seen after 1 min of 55% ethanol exposure (B), or 1 min of 70% ethanol exposure (C). The bars show mean survival and error bars represent standard deviation. A p-value of ≤0.05 was considered significant. * p-value < 0.05.