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Biomass before and after 4 h of phage application to different biofilms and biomass removal percentages |
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| Biofilm age (h) |
Biomass beginning (0 h) (± SD) |
Biomass end (4 h phage) (± SD) |
Biomass removal (%) |
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| SR |
24 |
8.50 (0.71) |
1.50 (1.08) |
82.35 |
| 72 |
12.50 (3.54) |
3.00 (1.73) |
76.00 |
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| 120 |
13.67 (4.73) |
5.00 (1.15) |
63.42 |
|
| 168 |
14.67 (3.79) |
4.00 (3.06) |
72.73 |
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| DR |
24 |
5.00 (1.41) |
1.00 (0.00) |
80.00 |
| 72 |
7.50 (0.71) |
0.67 (0.58) |
91.07 |
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| 120 |
8.67 (0.50) |
2.00 (1.46) |
76.93 |
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| 168 |
12.50 (3.21) |
4.33 (1.15) |
65.36 |
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| DNR |
24 |
7.33 (2.08) |
2.00 (1.52) |
72.71 |
| 72 |
11.00 (1.73) |
3.00 (2.06) |
72.72 |
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SD means standard deviations from 6 different SS slides. | ||||
Sillankorva et al. BMC Biotechnology 2008 8:79 doi:10.1186/1472-6750-8-79 |
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