Quantitative Evaluation of Bacteria Adherent and in Biofilm on Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube-Coated Surfaces

Figure 3

Epifluorescent optical microscopy of SWCNTs CSs colonized by Streptococcus mutans. ATCC 25175^T and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 15692 S. mutans (a) and P. aeruginosa (b) adherent bacteria on SWCNTs CSs after 3 hours of incubation; S. mutans (c) and P. aeruginosa (d) biofilm on SWCNTs CSs after 24 hours of incubation.

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