. 2023 Sep 15;9(9):e20147. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20147

Table 5.

Surface hydrophobicity (%), biofilm formation, cholesterol uptake (%), hemolytic activity, auto-aggregation (%), and co-aggregation (%) of isolated Lactobacillus strains. Values shown are means ± standard deviations (n = 3).

Strains	Hydrophobicity (%)	Biofilm Formation	Cholesterol Removal (%)	Hemolysis		Co-aggregation
Strains	Hydrophobicity (%)	Biofilm Formation	Cholesterol Removal (%)	Hemolysis	Auto-aggregation (%)	E. coli (PTCC 1276)	L. monocytogenes (ATCC 13932)	B. subtilis (ATCC 19652)
C14	23 ± 0.9^b	47 ± 1.4^a	42 ± 1.3^b	γ	24 ± 1.3^b	20.1 ± 1.29^b	18.9 ± 1.34^b	14.1 ± 1.64^b
M22	11 ± 1.5^c	14 ± 0.6^b	06 ± 1.1^d	γ	19 ± 0.9^c	22.1 ± 1.5^b	09.8 ± 0.98^d	10.1 ± 1.46^c
M47	05 ± 1.1^d	8 ± 1.2^c	09 ± 1.3^c	α	07 ± 1.2^d	17.2 ± 1.6^c	11.5 ± 1.52^c	13.7 ± 1.71^b
Y8	62 ± 2.1^a	49 ± 0.8^a	66 ± 2.1^a	γ	57 ± 2.3^a	72.1 ± 1.88^a	69.7 ± 2.41^a	57.5 ± 1.87^a

*Values followed by the same letters are not significantly different (P > 0.05). Statistical analysis of each formulation was done separately.