Characteristics of Aspergillus fumigatus in Association with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in an In Vitro Model of Mixed Biofilm
Fig 6
Cell wall thickness of A. fumigatus in the single and mixed biofilms.
(A) Observation on 24 h–old single A. fumigatus biofilm (1–2) and mixed biofilm (3–4) by TEM (B) Cell wall thickness of A. fumigatus measured on TEM images of the single and mixed biofilms. H = hyphae, B = bacteria, CW = cell wall, ECM = extracellular matrix, Sm = S. maltophilia, Af = A. fumigatus. For each biofilm, approximately 15 measurements on 27 hyphae were taken. Results are expressed in mean±SE, * p < 0.0001.