Table 6.

Adhesion of bacterial cells to solvent-water interfaces (n = 3).

Solvent	Percentage (%) adhesion of bacterial cells
	E. coli ATCC25922	S. Enteritidis E0220	P. aeruginosa ATCC27853	B. subtilis ATCC6633	S. aureus CNRZ3	L. monocytogenes ATCC19115
Chloroform	58 ± 3a	67 ± 5b	23 ± 1c	27 ± 1d	85 ± 4e	86 ± 2e
Hexadecane	2.3 ± 0.1a	0.3 ± 0.5b	3.7 ± 1.5a	0.0 ± 2.4b	33.4 ± 0.4c	36.3 ± 8.6c
Hexane	0.0 ± 0.5a	0.0 ± 1.1a	0.0 ± 0.4a	0.6 ± 0.9a	47.3 ± 3.7b	63.8 ± 1.6b
Ethyl acetate	26.5 ± 1.1a	21.0 ± 1.2b	20.0 ± 0.8b	13.9 ± 4.7c	90.0 ± 0.3d	19.4 ± 5.1b, c

^a−eMeans within rows with different superscript letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).