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Comparison between EB and NFGBN biofilm formationa
| Family group | No. of strains |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biofilm formation (Q1 to Q3) (n-fold ODc) | Nonbiofilm producer (%) | Biofilm producer (%) | ||
| EB | 3.28 (1.72 to 5.68) | 1 (2.1%) | 37 (97.9%) | 38 |
| NFGNB | 10.06 (5.60 to 22.78) | 0 | 8 (100%) | 8 |
EB, Enterobacteriaceae; NFGBN, nonfermenting Gram-negative bacilli; ODc, cutoff value three standard deviations (SD) above the mean optical density; Q, quartile.
