Fluid Flow Induces Biofilm Formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis Polysaccharide Intracellular Adhesin-Positive Clinical Isolates

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    Supplemental Materials and Methods: microfluidic biofilm assays; legends to Fig. S1--S4.

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    Determining the operational shear stresses present in catheter lumens (Fig. S1).

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    Operational and initial conditions in the microfluidic biofilm assay (Fig. S2).

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    Microtiter plate assays verified that the strains used in this study represent the three main biofilm phenotypes (Fig. S3).

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    A-5 clones collected from the microfluidic biofilm assay revert to the original phenotype in the microtiter plate assay (Fig. S4).

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  1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. August 2012 vol. 78 no. 16 5890-5896
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