Table 1

Biomass before and after 4 h of phage application to different biofilms and biomass removal percentages


Biofilm age (h)
Biomass beginning (0 h) (± SD)
Biomass end (4 h phage) (± SD)
Biomass removal (%)

SR
24
8.50 (0.71)
1.50 (1.08)
82.35

72
12.50 (3.54)
3.00 (1.73)
76.00

120
13.67 (4.73)
5.00 (1.15)
63.42

168
14.67 (3.79)
4.00 (3.06)
72.73

DR
24
5.00 (1.41)
1.00 (0.00)
80.00

72
7.50 (0.71)
0.67 (0.58)
91.07

120
8.67 (0.50)
2.00 (1.46)
76.93

168
12.50 (3.21)
4.33 (1.15)
65.36

DNR
24
7.33 (2.08)
2.00 (1.52)
72.71

72
11.00 (1.73)
3.00 (2.06)
72.72

SD means standard deviations from 6 different SS slides.

Sillankorva et al. BMC Biotechnology 2008 8:79   doi:10.1186/1472-6750-8-79