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. 2020 Spring;19(2):115–126. doi: 10.22037/IJPR.2020.1101033

Table 5.

Removal percentages of one-day Streptococcus mutans biofilm formed on 96-well polystyrene plate surface and percent of adhesion inhibition of S. mutans with different concentrations of surfactin solutions

Biosurfactant concentration (mg/mL) Anti-biofilm activity (%) Anti-adhesive activity (%)
80 62.2 ± 7.1* 94.85 ± 1.47
40 53.7 ± .6.0 92.27 ± 1.27
20 46.3 ± 6.5 88.08 ± 1.9
10 35.8 ± 8.3 79.22 ± 3.95
5 23.9 ± 5.4 65.05 ± 4.10
2.5 21.9 ± 8.2 59.74 ± 3.62
1.25 23.4 ± 8.7 54.91 ± 3.62
0.63 22.9 ± 6.9 52.17 ± 5.57

*Data are shown as mean of three independent replicates ± standard deviation.