Table 2.
Association between hemolytic activity on rabbit RBC and biofilm formation activity in Staphylococcus intermedius isolates from dogs and pigeons
| Hemolytic activity on Rabbit RBC | Animal (no. of isolates) | Biofilm formation activityc (absorbance value at 490 nm) | |
| Range | Mean | ||
| Positivea | Dogs (43) | 0.02–1.00 | 0.48d |
| Pigeons (11) | 0.22–0.71 | 0.52d,e | |
| Total | (54) | 0.02–1.00 | 0.49f |
| Negativeb | Dogs (1) | 0.71 | 0.71 |
| Pigeons (51) | 0.04–0.79 | 0.28e | |
| Total | (52) | 0.04–0.79 | 0.29f |
aHemolytic activity ≥2; bHemolytic activity <2; cafter subtracting the absorbance value of blank (TSB with 0.25% glucose); d pair: p = 0.49; e pair and f pair: p < 0.0005