Table 3

Time	SFT ± SD¹	CMD^-1 ± SD²	CMD^-2 ± SD	CMD^-3 ± SD
(h)	(mNm^-1)	(mN m^-1)	(mN m^-1)	(mN m^-1)
NC³	71.34 ± 0.02	71.33 ± 0.02	71.36 ± 0.02	71.36 ± 0.02
0	43.6 ± 0.45	48.27 ± 0.025	68.33 ± 0.015	69.58 ± 0.06
24	40.3 ± 0.36	44.78 ± 0.09	57.24 ± 0.04	69.12 ± 0.01
48	34.6 ± 0.06	34.65 ± 0.11	36.72 ± 0.01	45.43 ± 0.06
72	31 ± 0.02	31.36 ± 0.023	31.28 ± 0.05	38.54 ± 0.07
96	29.9 ± 0.03	30.68 ± 0.05	30.02 ± 0.02	32.62 ± 0.055
120	31.2 ± 0.06	31.56 ± 0.026	31.98 ± 0.23	32.54 ± 0.03

¹Average surface tension ± standard deviation (mN m^-1) of triplicate experiments.
²Average critical micelle dilution (CMD)± standard deviation (mN m^-1) of triplicate
experiments. CMD^-1=10x dilution; CMD^-2=100x dilution; CMD^-3=1000x dilution.
³Negative control=Un-inoculated mineral salts medium (MSM)

Table 3: Relationship between surface tension and critical micelle dilution (CMD)
of the cell free broth of P. putida SOL-10 strain grown in MSM under optimized
culture conditions.