Table 6.
Susceptibilitya of wild type strains and their bacteriocin resistant counterparts to antibiotics
| Bacterial culture & Strains | Antibiotics | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T | V | B | S | K | E | G | Na | A | R | P | C | Nv | Pb | ||
| L. monocytogenes ATCC 53135 | WT | S | M | M | M | M | M | M | R | M | S | M | S | M | M |
| Nr | S | S | M | M | M | S | S | R | S | S | S | S | S | S | |
| Pr | S | M | M | M | M | M | M | R | M | S | M | S | M | M | |
| Er | S | M | M | M | M | M | M | S | M | S | M | S | M | R | |
| L. monocytogenes MTCC 657 | WT | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | R | S | S | S | S | R | S |
| Nr | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | M | S | |
| Pr | S | S | S | M | M | R | R | R | S | S | M | S | R | S | |
| Er | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | R | S | S | S | S | S | S | |
| E. faecium DSMZ 20477 | WT | S | S | S | R | R | M | R | R | R | R | R | M | R | S |
| Nr | S | S | S | R | R | M | R | R | S | S | S | S | S | S | |
| Pr | S | S | S | R | R | M | R | R | R | R | R | M | R | S | |
| Er | S | S | S | R | R | M | M | R | R | S | S | S | M | S | |
| E. faecium VRE | WT | M | R | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | S | R | S | S | S |
| Nr | S | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | S | S | S | S | R | |
| Pr | S | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | S | R | S | S | R | |
| Er | S | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | R | S | S | S | S | R | |
| E. faecalis ATCC 29212 | WT | S | S | S | R | M | R | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | R |
| Nr | S | S | S | R | R | R | R | R | S | S | S | S | S | M | |
WT wild type, Nr nisin resistant, Pr Pedioicn 34 resistant, Er Enterocin FH99 resistant
T Tetracycline, V Vancomycin, B Bacitracin, K Kanamycin, E Erythromycin, G Gentamycin, Na Nalidixic acid, A Ampicillin, R Rifampicin, P PenicillinG, C Chloramphenicol, Nv Novobiocin, Pb Polymyxin B
S sensitive; M moderately sensitive; R resistant
aZone of Inhibition calculated according to the table given by NCCLS (2001)