Research Article

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

Table 3

(a) Effect of CAB-E2 and E4 on the cell surface hydrophobicity of MRSA isolates at BIC (100 μg/mL). (b) Effect of CAB-E2 and E4 on the cell surface hydrophobicity of MSSA isolates at BIC (100 μg/mL). Mean values of triplicate individual experiments and SDs are shown. *indicates the statistical significance ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).
(a)

S. aureus strainsEffect of CAB extracts at BIC on MRSA surface hydrophobicity
Control (0)CAB-E2 (100 μg/mL)CAB-E4 (100 μg/mL)

MRSA ATCC 3359151.60%25%  ±  3.2*38.3%  ±  2.4*
MRSA-2062%29%  ±  3.6*45.5%  ±  3.8*
MRSA-4427.90%15%  ±  4.1*21.45%  ±  2.8*
MRSA-4544.20%23%  ±  3.6*33.6%  ±  3.1*
MRSA-39529.50%23%  ±  2.6*26.25%  ±  3.4*
MRSA-41036.50%21%  ±  2.8*28.75%  ±  3.5*

(b)

S. aureus strainsEffect of CAB extracts at BIC on MSSA surface hydrophobicity
Control (0)CAB-E2 (100 μg/mL)CAB-E4 (100 μg/mL)

S. aureus ATCC 1163229.30%15%  ±  2.6*25.3%  ±  2.6*
MSSA-A831%21.3%  ±  3.4*28.1%  ±  3.6*
MSSA-4633.10%21.6%  ±  2.8*27.1%  ±  4.2*
MSSA-5120.70%14.8%  ±  3.6*19.2%  ±  3.1*
MSSA-8422.80%14.4%  ±  2.6*18.4%  ±  2.6*
MSSA-7931.70%24%  ±  3.1*29.4%  ±  3.4*