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. 2018 Mar 14;9:473. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00473

Table 3.

Antagonistic activity of culture supernatants of LAB strains against pathogenic bacteria.

LAB isolates Indicator strains
E. coli (MTCC 443) S. aureus (MTCC 737) Listeria monocytogenes (MTCC1143) Bacillus cereus (MTCC 6629)
L1 + ++
L2 +++ + + ++
L3 + + ++ +
L4 +++ ++ ++++ +++
L5 + ++ +
L6 ++ +
L7 ++++ +++ +++ ++++
L8 ++ + + ++
L9 + ++

: − < 1 mm inhibition zone, +: > 1 mm inhibition zone, ++ > 2 mm inhibition zone, +++ > 4 mm inhibition zone, ++++ > 5 mm inhibition zone.