Pragana, L.G.; Bandeira, J.A.C.; De Lima, K.Y.G.; Vasconcelos, U. Biofilm Growth of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Tgc04 Exposed to Metformin and Variations in Cod Content. Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 2024, 18, e04735, doi:10.24857/rgsa.v18n4-076.
Pragana, L.G.; Bandeira, J.A.C.; De Lima, K.Y.G.; Vasconcelos, U. Biofilm Growth of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Tgc04 Exposed to Metformin and Variations in Cod Content. Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 2024, 18, e04735, doi:10.24857/rgsa.v18n4-076.
Pragana, L.G.; Bandeira, J.A.C.; De Lima, K.Y.G.; Vasconcelos, U. Biofilm Growth of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Tgc04 Exposed to Metformin and Variations in Cod Content. Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 2024, 18, e04735, doi:10.24857/rgsa.v18n4-076.
Pragana, L.G.; Bandeira, J.A.C.; De Lima, K.Y.G.; Vasconcelos, U. Biofilm Growth of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Tgc04 Exposed to Metformin and Variations in Cod Content. Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 2024, 18, e04735, doi:10.24857/rgsa.v18n4-076.
Abstract
Metformin is an oral antidiabetic agent with antimicrobial properties, excreted in an active and unmetabolized form. Like some non-antibiotic drugs, subinhibitory concentrations of metformin may contribute to the expression of microbial resistance in wild-type strains. This work aimed to evaluate the biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa TGC04 exposed to 100 and 200 µg/mL of metformin, varying the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) and flow regime. Biofilms were quantified after 2 and 24 hours, observing reductions and increases in biofilm growth around 13 and 64%, respectively. The greatest biofilm growth occurred in cells exposed to 200 µg/mL of metformin. Both the flow regime and COD concentration were important for the development of the biofilm, whose cells were mostly weakly to moderately adhered. The study provides evidence that in polluted aquatic systems with turbulent regimes, the inhibitory concentration of metformin promoted the least disturbances to the biofilm.
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