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Table 4.

Concentrations of nisin, Pediocin 34 and Enterocin FH99 used alone and in different combinations to evaluate cell growth inhibition by bacteriocins

	ADDITIVE^a				SYNERGISTIC^b
Pathogen	N+P	N+E	E+P	N+P+E	N+P	N+E	E+P	N+P+E
Listeria monocytogenes MTCC 657	50 + 600	50 + 700	600 + 700	50 + 600 + 700	25 + 300	25 + 350	300 + 350	25 + 300 + 350
E. faecium DSMZ 20477	53.5 + 70	53.5 + 937.5	937.5 + 70	53.5 + 70 + 937.5	26.25 + 35	26.25 + 468.75	468.75 + 35	26.25 + 35 + 468.75
E. faecium VRE	14 + 2187.5	14 + 3750	2187.5 + 3750	14 + 2187.5 + 3750	7 + 1093	7 + 1875	1093 + 1875	7 + 1093 + 1875

N Nisin, P Pediocin 34, E Enterocin FH99

Units for concentrations: Nisin = IU/ml, Pediocin 34 = AU/ml, Enterocin FH99 = AU/ml

^aCombination of bacteriocins corresponded to MICs of the target organisms

^bCombination of bacteriocins correspond to Half the concentration of MICs of target organisms