| Biomaterial |
Serum |
None (distilled water control) |
Pre-immune serum |
Post-Immune serum |
IgG-purified serum |
| Stainless Steel |
n=9* |
n=9 |
n=9 |
n=9 |
| Plasma-conditioned Stainless Steel |
n=9 |
n=9 |
n=9 |
n=9 |
*n=number of individual test reactions, quadruplicate RLU measurements were taken of individual test reactions, thus n=36 for RLU measurements.
**Condition matrix repeated in triplicate (separate experiments) for each test antigen and appropriate bacterial strain. |
