Figure 1
From: Dependency of hydration and growth conditions on the mechanical properties of oral biofilms
Characterisation of the biofilms grown using basic (LC, blue) or enriched (HC, red) growth medium diet (n = 3). (a) Showing the number of total viable bacteria after 5 days of incubation in 5% CO2 air, and (b) spent medium pH of the LC and HC groups. (c) Community richness and (d) diversity of the respective biofilms, and (e) genus level taxonomic profiles showing genera with ≥ 1% relative abundance. (f) EPS composition of the LC and HC biofilms as measured by total protein and water-soluble carbohydrate. Between group comparisons were performed using Mann–Whitney U test.
