Table 1.
Total counts of microaerophilic bacteria and bacterial isolates displaying antimycobacterial activity from faecal samples of the 26 badgers selected for this study
| Badgers: | Total Counts: | Isolates with antimycobacterial activityf | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICa | Sexb | Weight (Kg) | MRSc | PCAd | MRS:PCAe | |
| A | f | 8.3 | 5.61 | 5.56 | 1.14 | 5, 6, 7, 8, 23, 37 |
| B | m | 10.1 | 5.98 | 5.93 | 1.12 | 4, 41, 53 |
| C | f | 8.2 | 6.36 | 6.38 | 0.96 | 34 |
| D | m | 10.2 | 7.54 | 7.61 | 0.85 | 4 |
| E | f | 7.5 | 5.72 | 5.71 | 1.02 | 12, 23, 24, 48 |
| F | m | 12.1 | 7.32 | 6.34 | 9.54 | 7, 20, 24, 44, 48 |
| G | f | 9.1 | 7.46 | 6.45 | 10.35 | 23, 24, 41, 42 |
| H | f | 8.8 | 6.70 | 6.40 | 2.00 | 33, 34 |
| I | f | 11.5 | 6.08 | 6.26 | 0.67 | 32, 47 |
| J | f | 10.7 | 5.38 | 5.40 | 0.96 | 2, 26 |
| K | f | 10.1 | 7.92 | 7.76 | 1.43 | – |
| L | f | 8.8 | 8.86 | 8.87 | 0.97 | 4 |
| M | m | 12.3 | 8.45 | 8.43 | 1.04 | 16, 17 |
| N | m | 8.4 | 8.95 | 8.08 | 0.75 | 43 |
| O | f | 8.0 | 8.76 | 8.87 | 0.78 | 44 |
| P | m | 10.8 | 8.38 | 8.53 | 0.71 | 5 |
| Q | f | 8.4 | 8.72 | 8.87 | 0.72 | 16 |
| R | f | 8.8 | 8.13 | 8.15 | 0.96 | 20 |
| S | m | 9.9 | 7.66 | 7.65 | 1.02 | 48 |
| T | f | 10 | 7.41 | 7.32 | 1.24 | 17 |
| U | m | 10.5 | 8.23 | 8.40 | 0.68 | – |
| V | m | 9 | 8.48 | 8.51 | 0.94 | – |
| W | f | 10 | 7.46 | 6.86 | 4.03 | – |
| X | m | 10 | 7.96 | 6.94 | 10.46 | – |
| Y | m | 12.4 | 7.08 | 6.56 | 3.33 | – |
| Z | m | 9.9 | 7.94 | 7.49 | 2.8 | – |
| AA | m | 9.1 | 7.93 | 6.92 | 10.24 | – |
| AB | f | 8.8 | 7.72 | 6.04 | 4.82 | – |
aIdentification code
bFemale (f) or Male (m)
cTotal counts on MRS agar plates expressed as log10
dTotal counts on PCA plates expressed as log10
eTotal Counts ratio between MRS and PCA plates
fIsolates from MRS that display antimicrobial activity against M. smegmatis on a stab-on-agar test. These isolates were named with the numbers indicated in the column and preceded with a letter from their corresponding animal IC