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. 2003 Aug;69(8):4474–4481. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4474-4481.2003

TABLE 2.

Contact angle and zeta potential measurements for the E. coli C97 colanic acid mutant strainsa

Strain Contact angle with:
Zeta potential
Water Glycerol Diiodomethane
Cps+ 20.0 ± 3.4 19.1 ± 3.0 32.5 ± 3.9 −36.1 ± 5.3
Cps 24.0 ± 4.7 22.0 ± 4.2 62.5 ± 4.8 −27.6 ± 5.2
Cps WT 20.0 ± 3.6 18.6 ± 2.2 55.0 ± 4.1 −26.1 ± 4.0
a

Data are means ± standard deviations.