Table 2.
Antimicrobial activities of six selected strains on pathogens
| Strain | Inhibition zone (mm) |
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| Escherichia coli | Staphylococcus aureus | Salmonella typhimurium | Listeria monocytogenes | Enterococcus faecalis | |
| L. rhamnosus R4 | 10.5±0.5a | 8.2±0.5a | 8.5±0.0a | 8.5±0.3a | 7.1±0.0a |
| L. helveticus S4 | 10.0±0.2b | 8.0±0.3a | 8.0±0.1b | 7.2±0.0b | 6.8±0.4b |
| E. hirae H4 | 8.0±0.3c | 6.5±0.4b | 6.2±0.3d | 6.2±0.1c | 6.5±0.1c |
| E. hirae R5 | 8.2±0.2c | 6.4±0.1b | 7.1±0.0c | 7.0±0.2b | 5.5±0.3d |
| E. hirae K4-8 | 6.5±0.0d | 4.3±0.0c | 5.0±0.2e | NI | 5.0±0.2e |
| E. hirae K4-9 | 6.3±0.5d | 4.0±0.2d | 2.5±0.5f | 4.0±0.5d | NI |
NI: no inhibition. Data are presented as the mean±SD from the mean of triplicate determinations. The values followed by different lowercases in the same column are significantly different (P<0.05)