Table 1.

Level of microbial contamination of investigated honeys samples and antimicrobial potential of isolates.

Honey Sample	No. of Colonies per Plate	CFU/ mL of the Product	Activity against S. aureus ATCC 25923		Activity against S. aureus ATCC 29213		Activity against S. epidermidis ATCC 12228		Activity against E. coli ATCC 25922		Activity against P. aeruginosa ATCC 27857		Activity against C. albicans ATCC 10231		Activity against L. momocytogenes ATCC 7644
			No. of Colonies	(%)	No. of Colonies	(%)	No. of Colonies	(%)	No. of Colonies	(%)	No. of Colonies	(%)	No. of Colonies	(%)	No. of Colonies	(%)
3/16	17	34	5	29.41	3	17.65	6	35.29	0	0	0	0	2	11.76	1	5.88
21/16	3136 *	3272	5	25.00	4	20.00	0	0	1	5.00	0	0	3	15.00	0	0
24/16	1520 *	3040	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.00
26/16	3	6	1	33.33	1	33.33	1	33.33	0	0	3	100	0	0	1	33.33
28/16	25	50	0	0	0	0	1	4.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GBY-GR1	22	44	4	18.18	3	13.65	6	27.27	1	4.55	0	0	2	9.09	7	31.82
J.K/2018	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	75.00
NGR1	173 *	346	13	65.00	13	65.00	14	70.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	10.40
SH2	5	10	2	40.00	2	40.00	1	20.00	0	0	0	0	1	20.00	2	40.00
Spa01	9	18	4	44.44	2	22.22	5	55.56	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11.11
St01	1	2	1	100	1	100	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
WLK	17	34	3	17.65	4	23.53	6	35.29	0	0	0	0	5	29.41	0	0
Total			38		33		41		2		3		13		34

* 20 randomly selected colonies with a different morphological appearance were selected for further research.