Table 2.
Bacteriocin phenotypes of clinical Pa and Bcc strains
Producer species | Phenotype designation | Bacteriocin phenotype* | No. of strains | Mean no. of Pa strains inhibited | Mean no. of Bcc strains inhibited | Total no. of strains inhibited |
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Pa | Pa I | S1, S2, S3, AP41, R2, R4, F2, F3 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
Pa II | S1, S2, AP41, R2, R4, F2, F3 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 23 | |
Pa III | S1, R2, R4, F2 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 44 | |
Pa IV | S1, R2, R4, F2, F3 | 2 | 5.5 | 1 | 6.5 | |
Pa V | S1, S3, AP41, R2, R4, F2, F3 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | |
Pa VI | S1, S2, AP41 | 2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 17 | |
Pa VII | – | 9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | |
Bcc | Bcc I | S1, S2, AP41, F3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Bcc II | F3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
Bcc III | R2, F2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Bcc IV | – | 16 | 2.8 | 3 | 5.8 |
*S-type pyocins: S1, S2, S3 and AP41; RF-type pyocins: R2, R4, F2 and F3.