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. 2014 Feb 28;34(1):26–32. doi: 10.5851/kosfa.2014.34.1.26

Table 1. Antimicrobial activity of the egg shell membrane hydrolysates fractionated by molecular weight.

Strains P.c*
Whole ESMH
Fraction I
Fraction II
Fraction III
Amp. 20 10 1 0.1 20 10 1 0.1 20 10 1 0.1 20 10 1 0.1
Staphy. aureus ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
Staphy. epidermidis
L. lactis
B. subtilis + + + + + + + +
K. pneumoniae + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Shigella flexneri
Proteus vulgaris
Enterobacter cloacae
E. coli + +
S. marcescens ++ ++ + + ++ + ++ +
Citrobacter freundii
B. subtilis + + + + + + + +

Growth inhibition size of clear zone: −, not detected; +, less than 10 mm; ++, more than 10 mm. Whole ESMH means egg shell membrane hydrolysates before fractionation, Fraction I (above 10 kDa of ESMH), Fraction II (3-10 kDa of ESMH), Fraction III (below 3 kDa of ESMH). *Positive control.