A polymicrobial biofilm model for testing the antimicrobial potential of a nisin-biogel for canine periodontal disease control

Table 2 Auto-aggregation and coaggregation ability (%) determination

Bacterial species	Coaggregation (%)
Bacterial species	2 h	24 h
N. zoodegmatis	7.07 ± 1.30	33.27 ± 1.45
N. zoodegmatis + E. faecalis	19.62 ± 0.41	44.84 ± 4.39
N. zoodegmatis + C. canis	48.99 ± 15.12	59.12 ± 6.01
N. zoodegmatis + P. canis	18.06 ± 1.11	48.79 ± 0.57
N. zoodegmatis + P. cangingivalis	16.57 ± 6.80	46.47 ± 8.77
E. faecalis	6.82 ± 4.8	28.94 ± 6.42
E. faecalis + C. canis	35.57 ± 7.24	60.02 ± 10.57
E. faecalis + P. canis	9.00 ± 6.41	42.33 ± 1.73
E. faecalis + P. cangingivalis	16.77 ± 6.28	46.24 ± 17.03
C. canis	83.74 ± 2.8	82.42 ± 5.16
C. canis + P. canis	43.14 ± 11.91	62.77 ± 9.23
C. canis + P. cangingivalis	46.58 ± 18.60	60.24 ± 16.55
P. canis	24.48 ± 16.69	49.37 ± 6.58
P. canis + P. cangingivalis	25.27 ± 12.75	59.25 ± 20.25
P. cangingivalis	14.31 ± 5.83	45.09 ± 1.45

Legend: Auto-aggregation and coaggregation ability (%), after 2 and 24 hours, between Neisseria zoodegmatis CCUG 52598T, Corynebacterium canis CCUG 58627T, Enterococcus faecalis (M32a), Porphyromonas cangingivalis DSMZ VPB 4874 and Peptostreptococcus canis CCUG 57081. % - percentage (mean ± standard deviation). h – hours

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