Equine or porcine synovial fluid as a novel ex vivo model for the study of bacterial free-floating biofilms that form in human joint infections

• Jessica M. Gilbertie,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America, Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America, Department of Clinical Studies New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4953-6717

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• Lauren V. Schnabel ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tpschaer@vet.upenn.edu (TPS); lvschnab@ncsu.edu (LVS)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliations Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America, Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America

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• Noreen J. Hickok,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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• Megan E. Jacob,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Comparative Medicine Institute, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, United States of America, Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Brian P. Conlon,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States of America

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• Irving M. Shapiro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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• Javad Parvizi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

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• Thomas P. Schaer

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tpschaer@vet.upenn.edu (TPS); lvschnab@ncsu.edu (LVS)

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Studies New Bolton Center, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4340-8212

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