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Table 2.

Quantitative assessment of microcolonies in multispecies biofilms.

Microcolony Parameters	Control (n = 30)	With L. plantarum 14917 (n = 30)
Number of attached microcolonies	15.3 ± 4.1	9.2 ± 6.7 **
Area of attached microcolonies (um²)	972.2 ± 924.4	283.6 ± 84.3 **
Volume of attached microcolonies (um³) × 10³	3471.5 ± 2334.8	25.6 ± 27.5 ***
Number of free microcolonies	287.4 ± 71.1	213.3 ± 77.5 ***
Diameter of free microcolonies (um)	38.0 ± 4.3	28.4 ± 3.0 ***
Volume of free microcolonies (um³) × 10³	925.0 ± 255.0	145.8 ± 111.8 ***

Note: ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 when comparing the control and L. plantarum 14917-treated biofilms. n = 30 indicates that 30 biofilm image stacks were used for each group (control and treatment).