TABLE 7.

Percentage of cell surface hydrophobicity of candidate probiotic strains.

Strains	Auto-aggregation (%)	Hydrophobicity (%)	Strains	Auto-aggregation (%)	Hydrophobicity (%)
SA 151	16.23 ± 0.002	55.84 ± 0.08	SA 16	15.77 ± 0.004	27.12 ± 0.007
ST 80	12.89 ± 0.002	20.69 ± 0.003	SA 110	6.29 ± 0.002	11.51 ± 0.04
SA 135	13.13 ± 0.004	69.68 ± 0.01	ST 13	17.39 ± 0.002	1.45 ± 0.01
SA 12	7.62 ± 0.006	41.14 ± 0.003	ST 172	11.30 ± 0.002	0
SA 171	2.23 ± 0.002	11.48 ± 0.007	ST 179	33.43 ± 0.007	6.44 ± 0.01
SA 139	11.81 ± 0.002	0	ST 67	13.82 ± 0.007	5.26 ± 0.01
SA 109	14.79 ± 0.005	32.24 ± 0.002	ST 126	10.57 ± 0.007	3 ± 0.01

Values are shown in mean ± Standard deviation.