TABLE 2.
Summary of characterization testsa
| B. diminuta strain | Cell length (μm) | Cell width (μm) | Generation time (h) | % Adherence to:
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| Octane | DEAE-Sepharose | CM-Sepharose | ||||
| Wild type | 1.05 (0.05) | 0.52 (0.09) | 0.99 (0.01) | 16.7 (2.2) | 96.8 (1.5) | 32.1 (3.2) |
| ae3 | 1.04 (0.05) | 0.51 (0.09) | 1.01 (0.04) | 18.0 (1.4) | 90.7 (13.2) | 30.9 (1.7) |
| ab5 | 1.03 (0.07) | 0.42 (0.09) | 0.97 (0.06) | 17.8 (1.4) | 95.9 (1.1) | 31.5 (2.2) |
| gf3 | 1.02 (0.09) | 0.43 (0.05) | 0.95 (0.07) | 18.1 (2.5) | 96.6 (1.6) | 30.1 (1.9) |
a
Data shown are means (standard deviations are given parenthetically). The number of replicates were as follows: 5 for cell length, width, and surface charge assays, 12 for hydrophobicity assays, and 3 for generation time.