Table 3 Cell surface hydrophobicity activity of LAB strains against different solvents and cellular autoaggregation activity at a different time of incubation and EPS production ability

54.93 ± 0.34^a

57.99 ± 1.04^a

41.36 ± 1.18^c

6.14 ± 0.05^ab

64.00 ± 0.01^a

99.33 ± 0.03^a

54.49 ± 0.16^a

56.05 ± 0.00^a

44.40 ± 0.10^b

3.64 ± 0.00^c

11.93 ± 0.27^c

88.69 ± 0.09^c

28.51 ± 3.51^c

26.87 ± 0.08^b

35.47 ± 0.41^d

4.91 ± 0.57^bc

14.60 ± 0.20^b

98.03 ± 0.02^b

40.94 ± 0.80^b

11.41 ± 2.08^c

53.55 ± 0.64^a

1.95 ± 0.57^d

13.62 ± 0.54^b

64.39 ± 0.19^d