. 2020 Feb 11;3:9–18. doi: 10.1016/j.crfs.2020.01.002

Table 6.

Co-aggregation ability of the indigenous Lactobacillus strains against different test organisms.

Strain Combination	Co-aggregation (%)
RD7 with:	0 h	4 h	24 h
Salmonella typhi	0.33 ± 0.034^a	12.62 ± 2.53^c	61.0 ± 2.74ⁱ
Staphlococcus aureus	0.50 ± 0.020^a	14.33 ± 1.65^c	47.16 ± 1.25^g
Bacillus cereus	0.33 ± 0.028^a	19.61 ± 2.05^d	64.66 ± 2.33ⁱ
Listeria monocytogenes	0.16 ± 0.031^a	15.0 ± 1.43^c	45.83 ± 1.74^g
Escherichia coli	0.50 ± 0.101^a	20.83 ± 1.72^d	69.33 ± 2.81^h
K4E with:
Salmonella typhi	0.33 ± 0.092^a	14.83 ± 1.62^c	69.52 ± 2.45ⁱ
Staphlococcus aureus	0.16 ± 0.118^a	21.33 ± 1.24^d	62.50 ± 2.10ⁱ
Bacillus cereus	0.50 ± 0.100^a	21.50 ± 1.10^d	65.51 ± 1.59ⁱ
Listeria monocytogenes	0.33 ± 0.065^a	24.50 ± 1.30^d	73.00 ± 2.05^h
Escherichia coli	0.16 ± 0.082^a	26.33 ± 1.05^d	76.55 ± 2.15^h
K14 with:
Salmonella typhi	1.66 ± 0.088^b	4.66 ± 0.297^b	28.83 ± 2.22^d
Staphlococcus aureus	0.50 ± 0.064^a	6.16 ± 0.332^b	31.83 ± 2.80^e
Bacillus cereus	0.83 ± 0.101^b	15.53 ± 1.07^c	36.33 ± 1.26^e
Listeria monocytogenes	0.50 ± 0.092^a	10.66 ± 1.13^c	38.00 ± 2.04^e
Escherichia coli	1.00 ± 0.055^a	15.83 ± 1.15^c	39.16 ± 2.28^e
K7 with:
Salmonella typhi	0.33 ± 0.020^a	15.83 ± 1.67^c	54.66 ± 1.37^f
Staphlococcus aureus	0.66 ± 0.094^b	20.55 ± 1.35^d	61.66 ± 2.47ⁱ
Bacillus cereus	0.50 ± 0.065^a	22.50 ± 2.07^d	79.83 ± 4.28^h
Listeria monocytogenes	0.83 ± 0.043^b	16.66 ± 3.40^c	73.00 ± 1.77^h
Escherichia coli	0.33 ± 0.075^a	24.51 ± 2.25^d	71.00 ± 3.04^h
K16 with:
Salmonella typhi	0.83 ± 0.033^b	21.33 ± 2.20^d	49.83 ± 1.84^f
Staphlococcus aureus	0.50 ± 0.065^a	22.83 ± 3.17^d	52.66 ± 4.05^f
Bacillus cereus	0.33 ± 0.047^a	24.16 ± 1.85^d	52.33 ± 3.58^f
Listeria monocytogenes	0.66 ± 0.053^b	21.33 ± 2.36^d	57.66 ± 3.06^f
Escherichia coli	0.50 ± 0.077^a	17.16 ± 1.18^c	54.16 ± 2.25^f
K27A with:
Salmonella typhi	0.83 ± 0.053^b	12.33 ± 1.14^c	46.16 ± 1.32^g
Staphlococcus aureus	0.50 ± 0.042^a	15.16 ± 3.16^c	42.00 ± 4.13^g
Bacillus cereus	0.83 ± 0.077^b	20.16 ± 1.11^d	38.16 ± 2.43^e
Listeria monocytogenes	0.33 ± 0.080^a	22.83 ± 2.32^d	50.00 ± 4.11^f
Escherichia coli	1.00 ± 0.092^b	24.16 ± 1.20^d	51.66 ± 2.85^f
K5 with:
Salmonella typhi	1.33 ± 0.062^b	33.16 ± 1.27^e	42.83 ± 4.05^g
Staphlococcus aureus	1.00 ± 0.022^b	30.50 ± 2.09^e	45.50 ± 3.32^g
Bacillus cereus	0.50 ± 0.038^a	32.00 ± 4.10^e	47.55 ± 3.05^g
Listeria monocytogenes	1.33 ± 0.090^b	29.66 ± 2.36^e	54.66 ± 2.87^f
Escherichia coli	1.00 ± 0.095^b	28.16 ± 3.08^d	52.83 ± 2.45^f
K3A with:
Salmonella typhi	1.16 ± 0.095^b	28.83 ± 2.16^d	54.50 ± 3.57^f
Staphlococcus aureus	1.00 ± 0.082^b	30.16 ± 1.35^e	57.33 ± 4.59^f
Bacillus cereus	0.50 ± 0.078^a	32.33 ± 2.20^e	48.00 ± 3.15^g
Listeria monocytogenes	1.33 ± 1.01^b	27.83 ± 1.56^d	58.66 ± 2.87^f
Escherichia coli	1.00 ± 0.070^b	33.16 ± 3.08^e	55.66 ± 4.10^f

Values are mean ± SD of three independent determinations (n = 3) of each sample. Values bearing different superscripts in each column differ significantly (P < 0.05).