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. 2022 Jul 25;10(4):e00851-22. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00851-22

TABLE 3.

GNB biofilm formationa

Strain (n) Biofilm formation (Q1 to Q3) (n-fold ODc) Percentage biofilm producer (%)
Strong Moderate Weak No producer
A. baumanii (1) 2.5 (1.9 to 4) 0 1 (100%) 0 0
C. freundii (1) 3.4 (1.9 to 3.9) 0 1 (100%) 0 0
C. koseri (1) 1.3 (0.7 to 1.6) 0 0 1 (100%) 0
E. cloacae (2) 7.2 (5.6 to 8.4) 2 (100%) 0 0 0
E. hormaechei (2) 1.7 (0.7 to 3.6) 0 1 (50%) 1 (50%) 0
E. coli (8) 2.1 (1.2 to 3.3) 1 (12.5%) 4 (50%) 3 (37.5%) 0
K. pneumoniae (7) 4.9 (2.3 to 7.4) 4 (71.4%) 2 (14.3%) 1 (14.3) 0
M. morganii (3) 5.9 (2.1 to 13.45) 2 (66.7%) 0 1 (33.3%) 0
P. mirabilis (8) 3.3 (2.2 to 5) 2 (25%) 5 (62.5%) 1 (12.5%) 0
P. vulgaris (1) 1.3 (1.1 to 2.4) 0 0 1 (100%) 0
P. stuartii (1) 2.9 (2.3 to 4.6) 0 1 (100%) 0 0
P. aeruginosa (7) 10.2 (6.4 to 19.6) 7 (100%) 0 0 0
R. ornithinolytica (1) 0.9 (0.7 to 1.3) 0 0 0 1 (100%)
S. marcescens (3) 2.6 (1.7 to 5) 1 (33.3%) 1 (33.3%) 1 (33.3%) 0
Total 3.6 (1.8 to 6.8) 19 (41.3%) 16 (34.8%) 10 (21.8%) 1 (2.1%)
a

GNB, Gram-negative bacilli; ODc, cutoff value three standard deviations (SD) above the mean optical density; Q, quartile.