BioMed Research International

Research Article

Growth Media for Mixed Multispecies Oropharyngeal Biofilm Compositions on Silicone

Table 1

Microbial compositionC. albicans, C. tropicalis, C. krusei (CCC)C. albicans, E. coli, S. aureus, S. salivarius (CESS)
Growth mediumTSBRPMIYPDYNBM199SpiderFBSTSBRPMIYPDYNBM199SpiderFBS
microbial density++++++++++++++++++++++++++ +++++++
hypheal growth +++++ + ++++   +
yeast growth+++++++++++++++++ ++++++ +++
bacterial growth       +++++++ +++++
Overview of identified microscopic morphologies of in vitro generated biofilms based on the microscopic evaluation by SEM of 4 platelet surfaces for each microbial composition and growth medium (no presence, + rare presence, ++ moderate presence, and +++ present in all samples).