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coli JM109, E. coli ATCC 25922, P. aeruginosa PAO1, P. aeruginosa ATCC 27853, and S. aureus ATCC 25923. Briefly, in a 96-well microtitre plate, wells were inoculated with 75 ��L of 1/15 dilution of a 1.0 McFarland standard, LB broth and increasing concentrations of NPs (7.8125, 15.6250, 31.25, 62.5, 125, 250, 500, 1000, 2000, 4000, 8000 mg/L). After 24 h of incubation at 37��C, cultures were serially diluted and spot plated onto Nutrient Broth agar plates. After 48 h of incubation at 37��C, viability was quantified by counting colonies. The MIC values were recorded as the lowest concentrations of NPs that completely inhibited bacterial growth of the different strains tested. Antimicrobial activity evaluation The antimicrobial activity of the different nanoparticles produced was evaluated against three reference strains: E. coli JM109, P. aeruginosa PAO1, and S. aureus ATCC 25923. A modification of the MBEC? protocol (Harrison et al., 2010) was utilized. In a 96-well microtitre plate, all wells were inoculated with 75 ��L of 1/15 dilution of a 1.0 McFarland selleck chemical standard and 75 ��L of LB broth. The MBEC? lid was then attached and cultures were incubated 37��C, 95% humidity, shaken at 125 rpm. After 48 h of growth to establish the biofilms, the MBEC? lid was moved and exposed to another 96-well microtitre plate, containing an increasing gradient of nanoparticles concentrations. The viability of the bacterial cultures was evaluated using the established MBEC? recovery protocol (Harrison et al., 2010) after 4 h of exposure, to test the ability of the nanoparticles to inhibit biofilm formation, and 24 h of exposure after 24 h of growth, to evaluate the biofilm eradication capability. Bioflms were recovered by rinsing MBEC lid twice in 200 ��L saline for 1 min and sonicating for 10 min at 60 Hz in a 96-well microtitre plate containing 200 ��L Nutrient Broth, 0.1% Tween-20 and 1/50 diluted universal neutralizer. The planktonic cultures were also recovered by adding 10 ��L of a 1/10 dilution of universal neutralizer to 40 ��L of cultures. Both biofilm and planktonic cultures were serially diluted and spot plated onto Nutrient Broth agar plates. After 48 h of incubation at 37��C, viability was quantified by counting colonies. The effective concentration causing 50% growth inhibition (EC50) was calculated with GraphPad Prism 6.01 software. All tests were carried out in triplicate (n = 3) and the results were averaged. Confocal laser scanning microscopy (CSLM) analysis Biofilms were visualized by CLSM using both the fluorescent stain Acridine Orange (AO), the LIVE/DEAD? BacLight? Bacterial Viability Kits and a Leica DM IRE2 microscope with a 64�� water immersion objective. 3D images were generated using Imaris x64 Image Processing Software (Bitplane Scientific Software, South Windsor, CT, USA).