Evaluation of Biomechanical and Chemical Properties of Gamma-Irradiated Polycaprolactone Microfilaments for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Applications

Table 5

Colony forming units of microorganisms detected on PCL 25 kGy samples microfilaments before and after sterilization with gamma rays.

Sample	Before γ sterilization			After γ sterilization
	AMM	(A)/(AN)/(F)	(Y/F)	AMM	(A)/(AN)/(F)	(Y/F)
1	0	1 (A)	0	0	0	0
2	1	2 (A)	0	0	0	0
3	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	0	0	2	0	0	0
5	0	0	38	0	0	0
6	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	2	0	0	0	0	0
8	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	0	1 (F)	0	0	0	0
10	1	0	28	0	0	0