TABLE 3.
Effect of S-2 EPS on the survival of resting cells of Rhodococcus strains treated with 10% (vol/vol) n-hexadecanea
| Strain | % of surviving cells
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Without EPS | With EPS | |
| R. coprophilus ATCC 29080 | 0.1 (±0.2) | 1.8 (±0.78) |
| R. erythropolis IFO 15567 | 0.9 (±1.2) | 75.3 (±81.6) |
| R. erythropolis JCM 3201 | 0.1 (±0.1) | 48.6 (±25.4) |
| R. globerulus IFO 14531 | 0.01 (±0.01) | 8.6 (±0.1) |
| R. opacus ATCC 51881 | 1.1 (±1.0) | 18.2 (±1.1) |
| R. rhodochrous ATCC 13808 | 0 (±0) | 72.6 (±6.7) |
| R. zopfii ATCC 51349 | 0.5 (±0.5) | 46.7 (±23.6) |
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The EPS concentration used in this test was 100 μg/ml. The values are averages based on at least two independent experiments; the values in parentheses are standard errors.