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List <strong>of</strong> Abbreviations<br />

List <strong>of</strong> Abbreviations<br />

AFM Atomic Force Microscopy<br />

ASTM American Society for Testing Materials<br />

ATCC American Type Culture Collection<br />

ATP Adenosine-5'-Triphosphate<br />

°C Degrees Celsius<br />

CBR CDC Bi<strong>of</strong>ilm Reactor<br />

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<br />

CEN Européen de Normalisation<br />

CFU Colony Forming Units<br />

CHX Chlorohexidine<br />

CIDR Computerized Infectious Disease Reporting<br />

CLSM Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy<br />

CSG Curli Subunit Genes<br />

DAFF Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, Fisheries and Food<br />

DT<br />

Definitive Phage Type<br />

EFSA European Food Safety Authority<br />

EPS Extracellular Polymeric Substances<br />

g<br />

grams<br />

HMDX Hexamethyldisilizane<br />

HPA Health Protection Agency<br />

HPCS Health Protection Surveillance Centre<br />

K 1000<br />

kHz KiloHetz<br />

kV<br />

KiloVolts<br />

LB<br />

Luria Bertani<br />

Log 10 Logarithmic value to the power 10<br />

M<br />

Moles<br />

MBEC Minimum Bi<strong>of</strong>ilm Eradication Concentration<br />

mg/L milligrams per litre<br />

MIC Minimum Inhibitory Concentration<br />

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