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. epidermidis369 ± 30.039 ± 0.0042.7 ± 0.4
T-S. epidermidis349 ± 30.034 ± 0.0031.7 ± 0.3
NT-S. epidermidis491 ± 60.045 ± 0.0044.1 ± 0.6
T-S. epidermidis474 ± 40.040 ± 0.0053.0 ± 0.5