Characterization of Streptomyces Cell Surface by the Microbial Adhesion to Solvents Method

Table 1

Affinities of Streptomyces cells for chloroform and hexadecane used in the MATS analysis under two different ionic strengths: 10⁻³ M and 10⁻¹ M of KNO₃.

Strains	(%) Affinity with solvents
	Ionic strength 10^−3 M KNO3		Ionic strength 10^−1 M KNO3
	Chloroform	Hexadecane	Chloroform	Hexadecane
S. lilaceus A30	67.30^bc ± 0.02	36.51^b ± 1.02	58.30^c ± 0.01	48.50^g ± 0.59
S. bellus A44	40.63^f ± 2.77	29.56^c ± 0.98	0.00^f ± 0.00	61.02^e  ± 0.01
S. bellus A46	60.19^cde ± 7.44	26.25^d ± 1.01	0.00^f ± 0.00	37.59^i ± 1.52
S. bellus A49	55.31^de ± 0.01	44.60^a ± 0.52	0.00^f ± 0.00	80.29^b ± 1.00
S. azereus A50	49.60^ef ± 0.56	36.80^b ± 0.92	0.00^f ± 0.00	58.56^f  ± 0.32
S. lilaceus A53	28.00^g ± 1.00	18.50^f ± .44	53.59^d ± 0.57	26.80^j  ± 0.10
S. albogriseolus A57	61.45^cd ± 2.45	26.27^d ± 0.99	0.00^f ± 0.00	68.39^d ± 0.58
S. rochei A58	11.33^h ± 0.58	21.00^e ± 1.00	62.20^a ± 1.00	40.01^h ± 0.01
S. labedae A60	86.83^a ± 0.53	18.25^f ± 0.24	26.93^e ± 0.99	25.11^jk ± 0.57
S. griseorubens A63	87.95^a ± 0.42	15.05^g ± 1.00	60.80^b ± 0.01	23.52^l ± 0.60
S. griseorubens A64	92.53^a ± 0.15	24.50^d ± 0.52	0.00^f ± 0.00	83.01^a ± 0.01
S. albogriseolus A65	74.17^b ± 10.66	20.25^ef ± 0.99	0.00^f ± 0.00	77.08^c ± 1.02
S. albogriseolus A76	50.81^def ± 1.91	21.00^e ± 0.00	0.00^f ± 0.00	84.51^a ± 0.66
S. griseorubens A79	88.97^a ± 0.03	30.90^c ± 0.06	0.00^f ± 0.00	83.21^a ± 0.59

Means ± standard deviation. Statistical significance is defined by a value of p < 0.05.