Physicochemical properties of bacterial cell surface.

Species and strains	Hexadecane	% of adhesion (±SD)* to ethyl acetate	Chloroform	ζ potential
L. plantarum
8PA3	9.3 ± 2.2	34.5 ± 3.0	17.9 ± 1.6	−24.8 ± 2.5
B-578	52.0 ± 6.4	19.1 ± 2.0	88.8 ± 3.6	−27.6 ± 1.9
S1	6.6 ± 1.6	15.1 ± 2.3	29.3 ± 3.4	−34.9 ± 2.3
Ga	17.6 ± 3.8	14.6 ± 2.8	29.9 ± 2.6	−12.1 ± 1.2
L. fermentum
Na	20.8 ± 3.1	18.4 ± 2.7	9.8 ± 1.2	−11.3 ± 0.7
3–2	27.9 ± 3.3	23.8 ± 2.2	93.8 ± 2.2	−19.3 ± 1.8
3–3	8.7 ± 1.8	10.7 ± 1.6	20.1 ± 2.1	−7.4 ± 0.9
L. brevis 20054	63.1 ± 5.6	26.5 ± 2.0	94.6 ± 0.1	−14.8 ± 1.8
L. buchneri 20057	66.9 ± 6.3	35.6 ± 3.1	97.1 ± 0.1	−20.7 ± 1.7
L. rhamnosus I2L	28.7 ± 3.3	21.3 ± 2.7	34.8 ± 4.0	−21.5 ± 2.2