. 2020 Jul 24;9(8):985. doi: 10.3390/foods9080985

Table 1.

Inhibition of pathogenic bacteria by Lactobacillus strains based on two different methods.

Strain	Diameter of Inhibition Zones Given in Millimeters (mm)						Supernatants pH
	Spot-on-lawn Method			Wells Diffusion Method
	E. coli ATCC 8739	S. aureus 2S6	L. monocytogenes 162	E. coli ATCC 8739	S. aureus 2S6	L. monocytogenes 162
M10	43± 1.00 ^a	31 ± 1.04 ^a,b	21 ± 1.04 ^d	14 ± 0.29 ^a	13 ± 1.00 ^a	13 ± 0.35 ^a	3.81 ± 0.00 ^c,d
M12	41 ± 1.52 ^a	31 ± 1.00 ^a,b	23 ± 1.04 ^b,c,d	13 ± 0.35 ^a,b	13 ± 0.50 ^a	13 ± 0.16 ^a	3.79 ± 0.02 ^c,d
F2	41 ± 1.51 ^a,b	30 ± 1.23 ^a,b	25 ± 0.50 ^a,b	14 ± 0.50 ^a	13 ± 0.46 ^a	12 ± 0.17 ^a,b	3.83 ± 0.01 ^c
F3	34 ± 0.51 ^c,d	28 ± 1.14 ^b	24 ± 1.04 ^a,b,c	14 ± 0.60 ^a	13 ± 0.29 ^a	12 ± 0.29 ^a,b	3.77 ± 0.02 ^d
2F8	42 ± 1.72 ^a	31 ± 1.30 ^a,b	27 ± 0.50 ^a	14 ± 0.80 ^a	13 ± 0.23 ^a	12 ± 0.35^a,b	3.79 ± 0.02 ^c,d
NCA3	37 ± 1.50 ^b,c	30 ± 1.00 ^a,b	23 ± 1.52 ^b,c,d	12 ± 0.60 ^b	10 ± 0.57 ^c	11 ± 0.29 ^b	3.94 ± 0.01 ^b
NCA4	36 ± 1.00 ^c,d	29 ± 1.23 ^a,b	22 ± 1.15 ^b,c,d	12 ± 1.00 ^b	10 ± 0.57 ^c	11 ± 0.29 ^b	3.98 ± 0.02 ^b
FB1	25 ± 2.00 ^e	23 ± 0.20 ^c	23 ± 0.50 ^b,c,d	12 ± 0.30 ^b	11 ± 0.46 ^b,c	11 ± 0.17 ^b	4.07 ± 0.01 ^a
FB3	32 ± 1.60 ^d	31 ± 0.91 ^a	22 ± 0.50 ^c,d	12 ± 1.00 ^b	11 ± 0.29 ^b,c	11 ± 0.50 ^b	4.10 ± 0.00 ^a
FB13	37 ± 1.80 ^b,c	31 ± 1.00 ^a,b	22 ± 1.50 ^c,d	13 ± 0.65 ^a,b	12 ± 0.35 ^a,b	12 ± 1.00 ^a,b	3.78 ± 0.01 ^d

Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation n = 3, means with different lowercase letters were significantly different (p < 0.05) based on Tukey’s test.