TABLE 4.
Antimicrobial activities of 47 lactobacilli toward pathogenic bacteria
| Lactobacillus strain | Inhibitiona
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. monocytogenes | S. aureus | B. cereus | E. coli | S. typhimurium | S. flexneri | Y. enterocolitica | |
| Isolates from Ghanaian fermented maize | |||||||
| Lb1 | + | + | + | + | + | + | ++ |
| Lb6 | − | − | + | − | − | − | + |
| Lb11 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Lb12 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Lb18 | + | + | + | − | − | + | + |
| Lb20 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Lb41 | + | + | + | − | − | + | + |
| Lb43 | + | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| Lb48 | + | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| Lb50 | − | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| Strains with documented properties | |||||||
| LA1 | + | + | + | + | + | + | ++ |
| BG2FO4 | + | + | − | − | + | + | ++ |
| NCFM#2 | + | − | − | − | − | + | ++ |
| DSM 20312 | + | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| 271 | + | − | ++ | + | − | − | + |
| 299 | + | − | + | + | − | + | ++ |
| 299v | + | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| R2Lc | + | − | + | − | − | − | + |
| DSM 12246 | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | ++ | + |
| LGG | + | − | ++ | + | − | + | + |
| Lc705 | + | + | + | + | − | + | ++ |
| Human clinical isolates | |||||||
| 22319-21 | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| 18911-2 | + | − | + | − | − | + | ++ |
| 19015-6 | + | − | ++ | + | + | + | + |
| 19020-8 | + | − | ++ | + | − | − | + |
| 19020-10 | − | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| 19058-4 | + | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| 19070-2 | + | − | ++ | + | − | − | ++ |
| 22571-8 | + | + | + | + | + | + | ++ |
| Dairy strains | |||||||
| CHCC 2169 | + | − | ++ | + | − | − | + |
| CHCC 2168 | + | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| CHCC 3692 | + | − | + | − | − | + | + |
| CHCC 3577 | + | − | ++ | + | + | + | − |
| CHCC 2100 | + | − | ++ | + | − | + | ++ |
| CHCC 2099 | + | − | ++ | + | − | + | ++ |
| CHCC 759 | ++ | − | + | − | − | + | ++ |
| CHCC 2164 | − | − | − | − | − | − | + |
| CHCC 2329 | + | + | + | + | + | ++ | ++ |
| CHCC 627 | + | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| CHCC 2166 | + | − | + | + | − | + | + |
| CHCC 3981 | + | − | ++ | + | − | − | ++ |
| CHCC 3982 | + | − | + | + | − | − | + |
| CHCC 3740 | + | − | ++ | + | + | − | ++ |
| CHCC 3136 | + | − | + | − | − | + | + |
| CHCC 3264 | + | − | + | + | − | + | ++ |
| CHCC 3137 | + | − | ++ | + | + | + | + |
| Lb145 | + | + | + | − | + | + | ++ |
a
+, Between 2 and 5 mm of inhibition; ++, 5 mm of inhibition and above; −, no inhibition. Abbreviations: S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; B. cereus, Bacillus cereus; Y. enterocolitica, Yersinia enterocolitica.