Table 3.

Antimicrobial activities of the test strains of the isolated B. cereus strains against selective enteric pathogens are presented. Range of inhibition: +, diameter of inhibition zone 2–5 mm; ++, 6–9 mm; +++, ≥10 mm; ‐, resistance to the test strain/s

Test	Pathogens
strains	Zones of inhibition (mm)
	E. coli b	V. cholerae	S. typhi	S. paratyphi	Micrococcus	P. aeruginosa a	B. megaterium	S. aureus
B. cereus HKS 1–1	++	++	++	++	++	+++	++	+
B. cereus LOCK 1,002	++	++	++	+	++	++	++	+
B. cereus BF2	‐	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

^a P. aeruginosa showed maximum

^b Escherichia coli had minimum sensitivity