Hygienic Studies on Biofilms in Drinking Water Systems in Poultry Farms: Isolation, Molecular Identification, and Antibiotic Sensitivity

Abstract

I mproving the quality of drinking water by reducing bio- films is becoming increasingly important in poultry production. Biofilms consisted of aggregates of bacterial cells impeded in an extracellular matrix of their metabolites and pose regulatory cell-cell interaction networks (Lianou et al., 2020). Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Sphingomonas, and Klebsiella are pathogenic bacteria for poultry and were isolated from the biofilm of the drinking water systems of some poultry farms (Maes et al., 2019). Sphingopyxis terrae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa were found to be potent biofilm producers (Labella et al., 2021).

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