Table 6.
Percentage of auto-aggregation of Probiotic selected isolates with pathogenic strains.
Lactobacillus Strains | Auto-aggregation (%) |
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4 h | 18 h | 24 h | |
T2 isolate | 23 ± 0.7 | 34 ± 0.2 | 51 ± 0.4 |
T4 isolate | 17 ± 0.9 | 26 ± 0.8 | 40 ± 0.2 |
T16 isolate | 13 ± 1.1 | 28 ± 1.2 | 48 ± 0.7 |
Pathogenic strains | |||
Staphylococcus aureus | 3.2 ± 1.0 | 4.2 ± 0.1 | 6.0 ± 0.9 |
Enterococcus faecalis | 2.9 ± 1.4 | 3.6 ± 0.4 | 4.3 ± 0.8 |
E. coli | 7.8 ± 1.2 | 14.1 ± 0.8 | 18 ± 1.2 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 4.5 ± 0.8 | 12.1 ± 1.1 | 21 ± 1.5 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 6.1 ± 1.1 | 13 ± 1.3 | 19 ± 1.1 |
Salmonella typhi | 3.1 ± 0.8 | 11 ± 0.9 | 23 ± 0.1 |
Shigella spp. | 2.9 ± 0.4 | 10.8 ± 0.1 | 22 ± 1.0 |