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. 2022 Apr 17;7(16):13878–13893. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.2c00262

Table 1. Effect of Different Concentrations (0–1000 μg mL–1) of Ag-NPs on Biofilm Development and Its Related Activities of Bacillus mojavensis BZ-13 Strains under in vitro Conditionsa.

Ag-NPs (μg mL–1) biofilm development EPS production (μg mL–1) production of alginate (μg mL–1) swarming motility (mm) swimming motility (mm) cell surface hydrophobicity (%)
0 0.53f ± 0.04 112g ± 7.7 87f ± 5.2 34d ± 3.6 30d ± 00 54e ± 3.8
25 0.57f ± 0.05 122f ± 3.4 91f ± 2.8 34d ± 0.7 32c ± 2.1 58e ± 2.3
50 0.63e ± 0.01 145e ± 6.8 98e ± 1.7 36c ± 2.7 33c ± 4.5 62d ± 4.7
100 0.72d ± 0.08 167d ± 11.2 106d ± 4.5 37c ± 2.2 37b ± 2.2 67d ± 7.2
250 0.82c ± 0.03 189c ± 8.2 118c ± 5.0 42b ± 5.3 38b ± 1.6 71c ± 5.2
750 0.93b ± 0.05 202b ± 7.1 134b ± 3.9 42b ± 4.4 40a ± 3.5 74b ± 3.1
1000 1.12a ± 0.02 219a ± 5.4 168a ± 2.6 45a ± 3.2 40a ± 5.2 84a ± 7.2
a

Each value is the mean of five replicates (n = 5). Mean values are significant at p ≤ 0.05. Means followed by different letters are significantly different from each other according to the DMRT test.