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. 2000 Aug;66(8):3487–3491. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.8.3487-3491.2000

TABLE 2.

Effect of blocking ConA and WGA sugar binding sites with target sugars on binding of the lectins to EPA505 biofilmsa

Lectin concn (mg/ml) Target sugar concn (mg/ml) Binding of ConA Binding of WGA
1.0 0 +++ +++
1.0 50 +++ +++
0.1 0 ++ ++
0.1 10 + +
0.1 50 + +
0 50
0 0
a

Ratings are as follows: +++, strong fluorescence; ++, medium fluorescence; +, low fluorescence; −, no fluorescence.