Figure 3From: The spontaneously produced lysogenic prophage phi456 promotes bacterial resistance to adverse environments and enhances the colonization ability of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli strain DE456Presence of prophage phi456 in bacterial genome increases biofilm formation. A Biofilm formation of DE456 and DE456Δphi456 with or without DNase for 36 h. B The amount of phage particles phi456 during biofilm formation. The data represent the mean values obtained from six replicate wells in 96-well plates across three independent experiments. Error bars indicate standard deviations. Student’s t-test was used to analyse the data.Back to article page