Table 3.
Some characteristics of P. aeruginosa isolates
| Genes | Biofilm density* | % of cytotoxicity | N. of isolates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| exoS | exoY | exoU | exoT | Range | 50%† | 90% | ||
| + | + | + | + | 16 M | 3.41–68.94 | 25.76 | 53.41 | 16 |
| + | + | − | + | 7 W, 16 M, 10 S, 6 N | 0–81.06 | 17.63 | 39.39 | 39 |
| − | + | + | + | 5 S,3 W | 0–81.06 | 16.167 | 24.62 | 8 |
| − | − | − | + | 8 W | 0–21 | 14.77 | 15.91 | 8 |
| − | − | + | + | 4 W | 36.74–81.06 | 37.88 | 50.74 | 4 |
| − | + | − | + | 2 W | 24.38–22.54 | - | - | 2 |
| + | − | + | + | 2 S | 23.11–39.77 | - | - | 2 |
| + | − | - | + | 5 S, 1 N | 6.12–61.36 | 7.2 | 61.36 | 6 |
*
W, weak; M, moderate; S, strong; N, negative
†
The cytotoxicity 50: 50% of the isolates shows below this cytotoxicity value and the same principal for the cytotoxicity 90.