Research Article
Kinetic of Adhesion of S. epidermidis with Different EPS Production on Ti6Al4V Surfaces
Table 1
Fitted parameters from Equations
2 and
3,
, , and
, to the treated (T) and nontreated (NT) surfaces for
S. epidermidis3 and
S. epidermidis4.
| Surface-strain | | | | (bact cm−2 × 104) | (min−1) | (bact cm−2 min−1 × 104) |
| NT-S. epidermidis3 | 69 ± 3 | 0.039 ± 0.004 | 2.7 ± 0.4 | T-S. epidermidis3 | 49 ± 3 | 0.034 ± 0.003 | 1.7 ± 0.3 | NT-S. epidermidis4 | 91 ± 6 | 0.045 ± 0.004 | 4.1 ± 0.6 | T-S. epidermidis4 | 74 ± 4 | 0.040 ± 0.005 | 3.0 ± 0.5 |
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