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Later the biofilm biomass of each species was evaluated and compared to single species biofilm. Further, the influence of the co-culture conditions on antibiotic tolerance was evaluated. When derived from the same patient, co-cultured bacteria increased the biofilm biomass of each other significantly by 3.0-4.9 fold (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.01) and exhibited higher tolerance to amikacin compared to co-cultures of isolates from two different patients and monocultured biofilms. Moreover, the incubation of one bacterial protein-enriched secreted fractions (PESF) with alternative species form same patient significantly increased biomass by 1.5\u20134.8 fold (\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u20090.01), while similar trend was not observed among randomly cultured species. 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