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Table 3 Surface properties of bacterial strains depending on the growth phase

From: Diverse effects of a biosurfactant from Rhodococcus ruber IEGM 231 on the adhesion of resting and growing bacteria to polystyrene

Bacterial strains

Surface hydrophobicity measured with the BATH test (%)

Zeta potential (mV)

Exponential

Stationary

Exponential

Stationary

A. simplex IEGM 667

13.9 ± 1.2

9.4 ± 1.3

−24.6 ± 2.1

−38.8 ± 2.3

B. subtilis ATCC 6613

51.0 ± 3.2

30.1 ± 2.8

−31.3 ± 2.0

−37.8 ± 2.4

B. linens IEGM 1830

10.2 ± 0.7

9.7 ± 0.8

−33.0 ± 3.2

−34.9 ± 2.2

C. glutamicum IEGM 1861

82.9 ± 6.2

84.2 ± 3.9

−35.4 ± 2.3

−33.1 ± 2.9

E. coli К-12

11.4 ± 0.8

6.6 ± 0.3

−47.9 ± 2.2

−45.1 ± 3.2

M. luteus IEGM 401

20.8 ± 1.0

18.6 ± 2.0

−36.9 ± 2.1

−33.3 ± 1.9

P. fluorescens NCIMB 9046

24.1 ± 2.1

14.8 ± 1.3

−26.4 ± 2.5

−20.5 ± 1.7