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. 2010 May;59(Pt 5):511–520. doi: 10.1099/jmm.0.017715-0

Table 2.

Biofilm formation and swarming motility of isolates with specific swimming and twitching phenotypes

Swim-positive Swim-negative
Twitch-positive Twitch-negative Total Twitch-positive Twitch-negative Total
Swarm-positive 106/154 (69 %) 26/40 (65 %) 132/199 (66 %) 10/20 (50 %) 1/8 (13 %) 11/28 (39 %)
Swarm diameter, median* 0.52 0.47 0.52 0.34 0.21 0.31
Biofilm, median (range)† 1.05 (0.4–2.2) 0.56 (0.2–3.8) 0.96 (0.2–3.8) 0.74 (0.1–2.8) 0.65 (0.2–2.6) 0.68 (0.1–2.8)

*The swarming colony diameter is normalized to the value obtained for PAO1. Swarm-negative isolates are excluded from the calculation of the median swarm diameter.

†Biofilm formation is normalized to a PAO1 control.