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. 2020 Jan 15;19:10. doi: 10.1186/s12934-020-1279-6

Table 4.

Antibacterial activity of cell-free supernatant (CFS) of the LAB strains

Strain Final pH of CFS Zone of inhibition (mm)
Gram-negative Gram-positive
E. coli Salmonella sp. S. aureus S. epidermidis
TA4 3.41 ± 0.05 19.33 ± 0.58a 16.67 ± 1.15b 19.00 ± 1.00a 17.67 ± 0.58a
SC8 3.85 ± 0.14 19.00 ± 1.00a 20.00 ± 0.00a 13.00 ± 0.00b 11.00 ± 0.00c
FF2 3.48 ± 0.03 18.33 ± 0.58a 15.00 ± 1.00b 18.67 ± 0.58a 16.00 ± 1.00ab
MPJ10 3.36 ± 0.03 18.00 ± 0.00a 15.00 ± 0.00b 17.67 ± 0.58a 15.00 ± 1.00b

The results are expressed as mean (n = 3) ± SD, and values within the same column with different superscript letters indicate statistical differences in each strain according to Tukey’s test at p < 0.05