Table 2.

Hydrophobicity and aggregation ability of Lactobacillus spp. strains. Data are means from six repeats in two independent experiments (± SD). Results significantly different from *L. paracasei subsp. paracasei IBB3423 and **L. rhamnosus LOCK 0908 (ANOVA, P < 0.05)

Bacterial strain	Hydrophobicity (%)	Aggregation (%)
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei IBB3423	17.4 ± 6.8	83.7 ± 12.7**
L. paracasei subsp. paracasei IBB3423 ΔpLCAKO.2	0.1 ± 0.02*	81.9 ± 12.6**
L. rhamnosus GG	3.9 ± 3.2*	84.2 ± 6.4**
L. paracasei LOCK 0919	1.5 ± 0.7*	84.8 ± 9.2**
L. rhamnosus LOCK 0908	3.3 ± 1.4*	65.9 ± 5.1