Research Article

Coral-Associated Bacteria as a Promising Antibiofilm Agent against Methicillin-Resistant and -Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Biofilms

Table 1

(a) COMSTAT analysis of CAB-E2 and E4 treated and untreated (control) of MRSA biofilms. (b) COMSTAT analysis of CAB-E2 and E4 treated and untreated (control) of MSSA biofilms. Mean values of triplicate individual experiments and SDs are shown. *indicates the statistical significance ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).
(a)

StrainMaximum thickness (μm)Average thickness (μm)Biovolume (μm3/μm2)
ControlCAB-E2CAB-E4ControlCAB-E2CAB-E4ControlCAB-E2CAB-E4

MRSA ATCC 3359148.328.7*33.5*423.8*10.4*402.1*6.2*
MRSA-205427.8*29.3*37.80.25*0.94*44.20.57*1.6*
MRSA-444927*30.4*37.81.2*1.9*340.6*1*
MRSA-4565.639.6*39.2*56.71*1.2*42.60.5*0.5*
MRSA-39559.734.6*35.7*53.30.3*2.3*46.31.6*0.2*
MRSA-41048.320.8*26.5*420.6*1.4*40.10.3*5.5*

(b)

StrainMaximum thickness (μm)Average thickness (μm)Biovolume (μm3/μm2)
ControlCAB-E2CAB-E4ControlCAB-E2CAB-E4ControlCAB-E2CAB-E4

S. aureus ATCC 1163248.314.7*16.5*422.8*2.4*40.11.4*1.5*
MSSA-A882.712.6*13.9*67.13.4*4.3*57.82.3*3.1*
MSSA-4623.112.6*14*21.34.4*5.2*21.53.1*2.9*
MSSA-5125.211*12.3*22.72.3*2.1*2.21.5*1.5*
MSSA-8430.36.9*11*210.4*3.2*11.21.8*0.2*
MSSA-7921.84.1*10.2*19.30.2*3.2*16.50.1*1.5*