Occurrence of Biosurfactant Producing Bacillus spp. in Diverse Habitats

Table 3

Surface tension measurement of selected twenty four isolates.

No.	Isolate designation	Surface tension^*(mNm^−1)
1	KDS2	32±1.53
2	P8	32±1.15
3	P9	33±0.58
4	HTO	34±2.65
5	E3	32±0.58
6	E2	36±5.86
7	DI3	33±1.73
8	VH3	34±0.58
9	TT13	32±1.53
10	TT33	32±0.58
11	TT42	28±0.58
12	TT44	31±0.00
13	TT46	33±1.73
14	TT47	34±1.73
15	TT21	33±1.53
16	O11	33±1.15
17	O12	33±2.08
18	O22	31±1.15
19	O63	31±1.00
20	O64	32±1.73
21	O111	33±0.58
22	O114	32±1.53
23	O122	32±0.58
24	O123	33±0.00
26	BS^#	50±0.90
27	E1^#	58±1.00
28	AS-1^#	55±0.45
29	B. licheniformis ATCC 39307	30±0.08
29	Control	72±0.06
30	Distilled water	72±0.03

∗All the experiments were done in at least three independent experiments with SD values. Isolates were grown in LB broth (72 h; 30^°C; 180 rpm).
^#Isolates with poor surface tension reduction.