Untreated Surface
On an untreated surface, the bacteria thrive and reproduce considerably.
BioCote® Treated Surface
On a BioCote® treated surface, the bacteria cannot survive and reduce by up to 99.5%.
Dr. Antonia Sagona produced time-lapse imaging of E. coli bacteria labelled with fluorescent protein in order to demonstrate the antimicrobial effects of silver-treated surfaces compared to a control surface. The Andor Revolution XDi Dual EMCCD Camera Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope was used for imaging fluorescently labelled bacteria and data were obtained at optimal bacterial growth temperature. Dr. Antonia Sagona is a BBSCR Future Leader Fellow and an Associate Member of WISB www.wisb-uow.co.uk and she wants to acknowledge WISB for letting her use the spinning disc microscope for the development of these videos and BBSRC for the funding.
