Gantrez S-97 (GAN) (methylvinylether and
maleic acid copolymer) (Mw = 1.2 × 106 Da) was provided by Ashland (Tadworth, UK). Poly(ethylene
glycol) (PEG) 10,000 and PEG 400 Da were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich
(Dorset, UK). Glycerol (GLY) was obtained from VWR (Radnor, USA).
LIG was obtained from Tokyo Chemical Industry UK Ltd. (Oxford, UK).
CUR was purchased from Cambridge Bioscience (Cambridge, UK). Poly(vinyl
chloride) (PVC) sheets (unplasticized, 0.2 mm thickness) were purchased
from Goodfellow Ltd. (Cambridge, UK). Staphylococcus
aureus ATCC 6538 and Proteus mirabilis ATCC 35508 (LGC Standards, Middlesex, UK) were maintained on cryopreservative
beads (Protect Bacterial Preservation System, Technical Service Consultants
Ltd., UK) in 10% glycerol at −80 °C. Strains were cultured
by inoculation into MHB and incubated at 37 °C when required
for the in vitro microbiological assessments.
maleic acid copolymer) (Mw = 1.2 × 106 Da) was provided by Ashland (Tadworth, UK). Poly(ethylene
glycol) (PEG) 10,000 and PEG 400 Da were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich
(Dorset, UK). Glycerol (GLY) was obtained from VWR (Radnor, USA).
LIG was obtained from Tokyo Chemical Industry UK Ltd. (Oxford, UK).
CUR was purchased from Cambridge Bioscience (Cambridge, UK). Poly(vinyl
chloride) (PVC) sheets (unplasticized, 0.2 mm thickness) were purchased
from Goodfellow Ltd. (Cambridge, UK). Staphylococcus
aureus ATCC 6538 and Proteus mirabilis ATCC 35508 (LGC Standards, Middlesex, UK) were maintained on cryopreservative
beads (Protect Bacterial Preservation System, Technical Service Consultants
Ltd., UK) in 10% glycerol at −80 °C. Strains were cultured
by inoculation into MHB and incubated at 37 °C when required
for the in vitro microbiological assessments.