Exploiting the aerobic endospore-forming bacterial diversity in saline and hypersaline environments for biosurfactant production

Table 3 Emulsion indices (%) of one representative strain of each BOX group using kerosene or hexadecane and high temperature

		Emulsion index (%)			Emulsion index (%)			Emulsion index (%)			Emulsion index (%)
		Hexadecane - 100 °C			Hexadecane - 121 °C			Kerosene - 100 °C			Kerosene - 121 °C
Strains	BOX group	1 day	15 days	30 days	1 day	15 days	30 days	1 day	15 days	30 days	1 day	15 days	30 days
AB 2.0	1	46 ± 2.9	43 ± 0	40 ± 0	-	-	-	52 ± 8.6	51 ± 0	36 ± 7.5	-	-	-
SA1 16	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MA 3.1	3	52 ± 7.8	49 ± 7.8	49 ± 7.8	-	-	-	48 ± 10.3	49 ± 7.8	32 ± 8.6	6 ± 1.7	-	-
VM 81	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	39 ± 1.7	-	-	-	-	-
SA2 1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DR 4.0	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
DR 2.0	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	56 ± 1.7	53 ± 4.6	40 ± 7.9	50 ± 1.7	-	-
MA 2.0	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	47 ± 9.9	30 ± 6.4	-	26 ± 2.9	-	-
VM 8.0	9	63 ± 5.2	-	-	-	-	-	50 ± 2.1	-	-	-	-	-
VM 40	10	50 ± 1.7	36 ± 10.6	29 ± 7.8	13 ± 1.7	-	-	55 ± 3.5	52 ± 8.1	48 ± 0	53 ± 2.1	48 ± 0	42 ± 2.1
MA 15.1	11	39 ± 9.6	39 ± 9.6	-	8 ± 0	8 ± 0	8 ± 0	44 ± 3.5	32 ± 3.5	10 ± 7	-	-	-
VM 50	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	49 ± 5.7	30 ± 9.9	-	-	-	-
LS 13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VM 3.1	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VM 6.0	15	40 ± 5.2	-	-	-	-	-	37 ± 9.0	37 ± 12.7	-	36 ± 6.9	-	-
VM 6.1	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VM 20	17	58 ± 4.6	42 ± 10.1	26 ± 8.6	-	-	-	59 ± 1.7	56 ± 2.1	47 ± 5.7	-	-	-
VM 80	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-

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