Table 4.

Antimicrobial activity of L. pentosus and L. coryniformis strains against indicator pathogens.

		Pathogen strain
Bacterial species	Strain ID	S. enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2	L. monocytogenes OH	ETEC K88
L. pentosus	C305.5	−	+	+
	D301.4	++	+	++
	D302.23	++	++	++
	D302.29	++	+	+
	G306.1	++	+	+
	G306.2	++	++	++
	G308.65	++	+	+
	H3010.5	+	++	++
	I306.2	++	++	++
	H308.2	++	+	++
	I308.32	++	++	+
	G377.8	+	++	++
	G378.30	+	++	++
	D303.36	++	+	+
	H3010.1	++	++	++
	D371.5	+	++	++
	D372.20	+	++	++
	D373.37	+	+	++
	I379.8	+	++	++
L. coryniformis	I306.12	+	+	+
	H307.1	++	+	++
	C305.1	+	+	+
	H307.6	+	+	+
	H376.2	+	+	+
	H376.5	+	+	+
	H377.3	++	+	++

Inhibitory activities refer to the measured inhibition halo diameter and are indicated as: – (diameter <1 mm);

+ (1 mm < diameter < median value); ++ (diameter > median value).