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Table 3 Variability of biofim and motility phenotypes among a set of 96 clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates.

From: Pseudomonas aeruginosa Cystic Fibrosis isolates of similar RAPD genotype exhibit diversity in biofilm forming ability in vitro

Genotypic profile$

Number of isolates in the given profile

biofilm

Motility

  

weak

moderate

strong

twitch

swim

swarm

1

7 (1)*

4

3

 

1

  

2

1 (1)

  

1

 

1

 

3

15 (4)

1

2

12

   

4

5 (2)

1

 

4

5

5

5

5

1

  

1

1

1

1

6

2 (1)

 

2

    

7

11 (3)

2

1

8

1

1

1

8

5 (2)

 

3

2

   

9

4 (1)

1

1

3

4

3

 

10

4 (1)

  

4

3

4

4

11

4 (1)

4

   

4

2

12

1

1

   

1

 

13

1

1

   

1

1

14

2 (1)

1

 

1

 

1

 

15

5 (1)

  

5

5

5

5

16

1

1

     

17

11 (1)

 

1

10

5

9

5

18

2 (1)

1

1

    

19

1

1

     

20

2 (2)

1

1

 

1

1

 

21

1

  

1

   

22

10(1)

10

  

1

10

 
  1. * Number in brackets is number of patients from whom the strain derived.
  2. $ RAPD genotyping based upon primer 10514 and employing a cut off of 85% similarity.
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BMC Microbiology

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