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Table 1 The table shows area covered by biofilm on the steel plates before and after sonication in both experiments (12-h and 72-h biofil

From: Highly variable effect of sonication to dislodge biofilm-embedded Staphylococcus epidermidis directly quantified by epifluorescence microscopy: an in vitro model study

 

Median (mm2)

25–75% percentile (mm2)

Minimum

Maximum (mm2)

12-h biofilm

(46 plates)

Before sonication

25.3

25.1–25.6

23.3–26.7

After sonication

1.1

0.4–6.8

0.0–22.2

72-h biofilm

(12 plates)

Before sonication

28.3

27.9–29.3

27.5–30.0

After sonication

22.0

0.1–28.8

0.1–30.7