and a chemically defined medium supporting L. plantarum growth
that was described previously (Wegkamp et al., 2010). In these experiments,
the biofilm was measured using the CV assay that is typically applied
to quantify total biofilm. The data revealed that biofilm formation
was variable among the seven strains tested (Fig. 1) but for all strains,
highest CV reads were reached in BHIMnG. Based on this screening,
BHIMnG was selected as medium for further biofilm experiments.