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Chapter 5<br />

studies such as the microtitre plate based system [82, 86, 96, 159]. As<br />

previously discussed Solomon et al. [96] and Castelijn et al. both [159]<br />

used the microtitre plate method to correlate rdar morphology and bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

density. Castelijn and colleagues also found there was no significant<br />

difference between the density <strong>of</strong> bi<strong>of</strong>ilm formed on stainless steel<br />

coupons or plastic surfaces (using the microtitre plate method) [159].<br />

However, the author found there were intra- and inter-serovar differences<br />

in the density <strong>of</strong> bi<strong>of</strong>ilm formed on the surface particularly for S.<br />

Typhimurium and S. Infantis [159]. In addition, Castlelijn et al. also found<br />

that when bi<strong>of</strong>ilm was assessed using a Live/Dead® fluorescent stain that<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm density peaked after 24 hours incubation and declined in viable<br />

cells over the remaining 14 days. However, measurement <strong>of</strong> bacterial<br />

attachment to the surface after 24 hours may only reflect planktonic cell<br />

attachment as opposed to formed bi<strong>of</strong>ilm. Previously published research in<br />

this area used incubation times <strong>of</strong> ≥48 hours [56, 96, 111, 227].<br />

Similar to Castelijn et al. [159], Díez-García et al. used a short incubation<br />

time <strong>of</strong> 24 hours to investigate bi<strong>of</strong>ilm density <strong>of</strong> 69 S. enterica strains<br />

using a microtitre plate based system and confocal microscopy [165]. Díez-<br />

García et al. reported that bi<strong>of</strong>ilm formation was influenced by the<br />

Salmonella serotypes, with the strains <strong>of</strong> S. Agona (n=3) and S. Typhi (n=1)<br />

forming a more dense bi<strong>of</strong>ilm than most other serovar groups including S.<br />

Enteritidis (n=36) and S. Typhimurium (n=3).<br />

Bridier et al. also used a microtitre plate method to quantify bi<strong>of</strong>ilm<br />

formation for ten strains <strong>of</strong> S. enterica and 5 other bacterial species [178].<br />

The strains <strong>of</strong> S. enterica included S. Agona (n=1), S. Enteritidis (n=1), and S.<br />

Typhimurium (n=2). Bridier and colleagues combined the used <strong>of</strong> the<br />

microtitre plate method with the use <strong>of</strong> confocal microscopy to measure<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm density and assess the bi<strong>of</strong>ilm structure for the sixty bacterial<br />

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