Fig. 1From: Survival of Staphylococcus aureus on the outer shell of fire fighter turnout gear after sanitation in a commercial washer/extractorSEM of bacterial contaminants still present on decommissioned turnout gear jackets. Random sections of the a Gemini™ and b Advance™ outer shells were aseptically cut from a decommissioned turnout gear jacket and processed for SEM. The representative SEM shows the presence of cocci and rod structures embedded in matrices of exopolysaccharide, a critical step in biofilm formationBack to article page