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

Table 2

Affinities of the 14 strains of Streptomyces for diethyl ether and hexane used in the MATS analysis under two ionic strengths: 10⁻³ M and 10⁻¹M of KNO₃.

Strains	(%) Affinity with solvents
	Ionic strength 10^−3 M KNO3		Ionic strength 10^−1 M KNO3
	Diethyl ether	Hexane	Diethyl ether	Hexane
S. lilaceus A30	0.00^c ± 0.00	26^c ± 0.57	0.00^e ± 0.00	30^b ± 1.73
S. bellus A44	0.00^c ± 0.00	19.50^f ± 0.06	0.00^e ± 0.00	22^cd ± 1.00
S. bellus A46	0.00^c ± 0.00	20.25^f ± 0.01	0.00^e ± 0.00	24.23^c ± 0.02
S. bellus A49	0.00^c ± 0.00	36.08^a ± 1.00	42.95^a ± 0.99	20.25^d ± 0.05
S. azereus A50	0.00^c ± 0.00	29.60^b ± 0.53	0.00^e ± 0.00	15.60^e ± 0.6
S. lilaceus A53	40.20^a ± 1.00	18.50^fg ± 0.57	0.00^e ± 0.00	39.25^a ± 0.11
S. albogriseolus A57	0.00^c ± 0.00	22.40^de ± 0.01	18.60^b ± 0.59	8^f ± 2.00
S. rochei A58	0.00^c ± 0.00	17.30^gh ± 1.73	15^c ± 1.00	7.50^f ± 0.20
S. labedae A60	0.00^c ± 0.00	15.74^h ± 0.01	19.60^b ± 0.59	0^h ± 0.00′
S. griseorubens A63	0.00^c ± 0.00	12.80^i ± 0.01	19.57^b ± 0.99	0^h ± 0.00′
S. griseorubens A64	12.96^b ± 0.01	9^j ± 1.00	0.00^e ± 0.00	0^h ± 0.00′
S. albogriseolus A65	0.00^c ± 0.00	16.23^h ± 1.02	12.64^d ± 0.52	2^gh ± 1.52
S. albogriseolus A76	0.00^c ± 0.00	15.40^h ± 0.12	0.00^e ± 0.00	0^h ± 0.00′
S. griseorubens A79	0.00^c ± 0.00	22.6^d ± 0.56	0.00^e ± 0.00	0^h ± 0.00′

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