Table 3.
Strong biofilm-forming genera and their presence on the different broiler farms
| Identification | Evaluated isolates | TAC | PSEUDO | K1 | K2 | K3 | K4 | K5 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | strong biofilm (%) | n | strong biofilm (%) | n | strong biofilm (%) | ||||||
| Pseudomonas spp. | 76 | 83 | 29 | 86 | 47 | 81 | + a | + | + | + | |
| Stenotrophomonas spp. | 23 | 87 | 13 | 92 | 10 | 80 | + | + | + | + | + |
| Acinetobacter spp. | 9 | 44 | 5 | 20 | 4 | 75 | + | ||||
| Microbacterium spp. | 8 | 13 | 8 | 13 | + | ||||||
| Delftia spp. | 5 | 40 | 4 | 50 | 1 | 0 | + | + | |||
| Pseudoxanthomonas spp. | 4 | 25 | 4 | 25 | + | ||||||
| Shewanella spp. | 4 | 75 | 3 | 67 | 1 | 100 | + | ||||
| Comamonas spp. | 3 | 67 | 2 | 50 | 1 | 100 | + | ||||
| Brevundimonas spp. | 2 | 50 | 2 | 50 | + | ||||||
| Ochrobactrum spp. | 2 | 100 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | + | ||||
| Sphingobium spp. | 2 | 50 | 2 | 50 | + | ||||||
| Sphingomonas spp. | 2 | 50 | 2 | 50 | + | ||||||
| Flavimonas spp. | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | + | ||||||
| Nocardioides spp. | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100 | + | ||||||
The number of evaluated isolates (n) together with the proportion of strong biofilm-formers given in percentage (%) is shown per genus. a +, indicates the presence of the genus as strong biofilm former in the corresponding broiler farm