To Biofilm or Not to Biofilm?

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Southeastern European Medical Journal : SEEMEDJ, Vol. 2 No. 1, 2018.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v2i1.69

To Biofilm or Not to Biofilm?

Valentina Živković orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-5846 ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Tomislav Kurevija orcid.org/0000-0002-6691-5786 ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Ivana Haršanji Drenjančević orcid.org/0000-0003-0871-8562 ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek; University Hospital Center Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Maja Bogdan orcid.org/0000-0003-0692-5437 ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek; Institute of Public Health Osijek-Baranja County, Osijek, Croatia
Maja Tomić Paradžik orcid.org/0000-0002-6734-7645 ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek; Institute of Public Health Brod-Posavina County, Osijek, Croatia
Jasminka Talapko ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
Domagoj Drenjančević orcid.org/0000-0002-7348-6895 ; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek; University Hospital Center Osijek, Osijek, Croatia

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APA 6th Edition

Živković, V., Kurevija, T., Haršanji Drenjančević, I., Bogdan, M., Tomić Paradžik, M., Talapko, J. & Drenjančević, D. (2018). To Biofilm or Not to Biofilm?. Southeastern European Medical Journal, 2 (1), 12-19. https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v2i1.69

MLA 8th Edition

Živković, Valentina, et al. "To Biofilm or Not to Biofilm?." Southeastern European Medical Journal, vol. 2, no. 1, 2018, pp. 12-19. https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v2i1.69. Accessed 2 May 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

Živković, Valentina, Tomislav Kurevija, Ivana Haršanji Drenjančević, Maja Bogdan, Maja Tomić Paradžik, Jasminka Talapko and Domagoj Drenjančević. "To Biofilm or Not to Biofilm?." Southeastern European Medical Journal 2, no. 1 (2018): 12-19. https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v2i1.69

Harvard

Živković, V., et al. (2018). 'To Biofilm or Not to Biofilm?', Southeastern European Medical Journal, 2(1), pp. 12-19. https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v2i1.69

Vancouver

Živković V, Kurevija T, Haršanji Drenjančević I, Bogdan M, Tomić Paradžik M, Talapko J, et al. To Biofilm or Not to Biofilm?. Southeastern European Medical Journal [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2024 May 02];2(1):12-19. https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v2i1.69

IEEE

V. Živković, et al., "To Biofilm or Not to Biofilm?", Southeastern European Medical Journal, vol.2, no. 1, pp. 12-19, 2018. [Online]. https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v2i1.69

Abstract

Aim: The goal of this research is to examine the biofilm forming ability of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in different in vitro conditions using Meuller-Hinton and Luria-Bertani broths.
Material and methods: 30 strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 30 strains of Staphylococcus aureus obtained from clinical specimens were used. After preparing the suspensions of bacteria inoculated on broths, they were set on microtiter plates and the biofilm production was measured using the spectrophotometric reader on 550 nm. Strains were classified into four categories: non-producing, weak producers, moderate and strong producers, based on the comparison of optical density of samples and negative control.
Results: Both tested species successfully formed a biofilm in both broths (p<0.01). P. aeruginosa strains had a higher percentage of strong producers in both in vitro conditions, in comparison with S. aureus strains (3.3% vs 50%). Nevertheless, there is no statistically significant difference in biofilm formation between the strains, regardless the used broths, and there is no statistically significant difference between the biofilm forming ability of both species observed separately regarding in vitro conditions either.
Conclusion: Both species have an ability to produce biofilm, which likely contributes to the pathogenicity and virulence of these bacteria and also leads to a better understanding of their in vivo characteristics to cause infections related to biofilm.

Keywords

biofilm; P. aeruginosa; S. aureus

Hrčak ID:

213817

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/213817

Publication date:

27.11.2018.

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