Table 2.

Adsorption parameters of Triton X-100 in a mineral salt solution and in a biological system

Parameter	Unit	Triton X-100 (medium solution)	Triton X-100 (biological system, Pseudomonas stutzeri strain 9)	Triton X-100 (biological system, Achromobacter sp. 4(2010))
Γ ∞	mol/m2	2.77 · 10−6	2.95 · 10−6	1.23 · 10−6
A min	m2	6.0 · 10−19	5.63 · 10−19	1.35 · 10−18
−ΔG ads	kJ/mol	38.18	17.5	19.3

Γ ^∞ surface excess at the saturated interface, A _min minimum surface occupied by statistical molecule, −ΔG _ads Gibbs free energy of adsorption