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. 2014 Sep 22;6(9):2826–2839. doi: 10.3390/toxins6092826

Table 4.

Characterization of bacterial surface—adhesion to solvent (MATS method).

Solvent Strain
L. plantarum LOCK 0862 L. brevis LOCK 0845 L. sanfranciscensis LOCK 0866 E. coli ATCC 10536
LB DB LB DB LB DB LB
HD *7.63 ± 0.35 a 38.52 ± 0.05 b 6.89 ± 0.09 c 35.34 ± 0.56 d 5.67 ± 0.06 e 36.72 ± 0.58 f 21.13 ± 0.09 g
CH 59.30 ± 0.24 a 42.91 ± 0.32 b 53.45 ± 0.23 c 45.21 ± 0.45 d 51.21 ± 0.16 e 47.82 ± 0.36 f 8.78 ± 0.06 g
EA 12.51 ± 0.05 a 23.43 ± 0.41 b 13.56 ± 0.38 c 25.76 ± 0.08 d 14.53 ± 0.23 e 24.37 ± 0.41 f 30.85 ± 0.28 g

Note: * % of adhesion to solvents; HD—hexadecane; CH—chloroform; EA—ethyl acetate; LB—live biomass; DB—thermal inactivated biomass; different letters (a–g) in rows designate statistically significant differences between strains and physiological state of bacteria (one-way ANOVA, p < 0.05).