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Table 2 Adhesion to toluene and xylene of the six isolated lactic acid bacteria

From: Probiotic candidates for controlling Paenibacillus larvae, a causative agent of American foulbrood disease in honey bee

Hydrophobicity (%) Toluene

Time (min)

L. kullabergensis (OMG2_B25)

L. apis (HSY8_B25)

L. panisapium (PKH2_L3)

L. mellis (OMG2_B33)

L. melliventris (HSY3_B5)

L. kimbladii (AHS3_B36)

60

22.10 ± 1.48

68.70 ± 0.39

58.19 ± 1.20

14.83 ± 2.09

56.16 ± 0.84

71.03 ± 0.85

Hydrophobicity (%) Xylene

60

19.27 ± 2.00

55.45 ± 1.10

70.09 ± 0.45

9.16 ± 1.77

50.55 ± 1.70

56.70 ± 1.15