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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anaerobe. 2008 Feb 29;14(3):166–171. doi: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2008.02.001

Figure 2. Reuterin inhibits proliferation of enteric pathogens.

Figure 2

Reuterin was produced by L. reuteri strains 55730, 6475, 4659 and 5289 and tested for inhibitory effects on various enteric pathogens in an MIC assay. The growth of each pathogen was determined by measuring the A600 after 18–24 hr incubation in the presence or absence of reuterin. Pathogen growth at 18–24 hr in the absence of reuterin was normalized to 100% for each replicate. The concentration of reuterin that consistently resulted in > 95% growth inhibition for each of the pathogens tested was 10 mM for each L. reuteri strain. EHEC, enterohemorrhagic E. coli; ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli.