The adhesion or biofilm formation was determined to occur when one positive result was observed in the six replications. Thus, the threshold of adhesion or biofilm formation was set as 0.1667 (=1/6) [32]. Then, the predicted probabilities were compared to the observations using the indicators...
For each cell, 6–8 force distance curves (FDCs) were generated and averaged, resulting in n = 300 to 480 FDCs per individual. FDC data were collected with the Research NanoScope version 9.20 (64 bit; Bruker Nano GmbH). The stiffness and thickness of the eGC were calculated using the ...