Table 2 Efficiency of biosurfactants of the ten selected isolates to remove heavy metals from wastewater

82.0^bc

78.5^d

83.3^b

79.8^cd

83.4^b

83.4^b

87.4^a

81.5^bcd

0.98

13.9^f

19.9^de

30.0^b

20.9^d

19.9^de

19.5^de

39.9^a

22.7^c

0.56

10.3^de

11.0^bc

8.10^g

10.7^cd

9.80^ef

2.10^h

19.2^a

11.3^b

0.19

19.3^f

21.3^d

31.3^b

24.3^c

18.3^g

11.3^h

33.8^a

20.3^e

0.25

51.0^b

6.70^j

23.8^h

41.7^d

32.5^f

46.4^c

56.8^a

36.9^e

0.29

15.8^e

17.9^d

20.8^b

19.3^c

11.5^f

15.0^e

25.3^a

20.1^bc

0.27

43.1^c

20.5ⁱ

28.7^g

41.8^d

45.1^b

43.2^c

49.2^a

38.0^e

0.20