TABLE 3.

Inhibition of bacteria by TasA

Bacterial strain	Response to TasA	Zone diam (mm)
		With TasA	Without TasA
Plant pathogensa
Agrobacterium tumefaciens GV3101	Sensitive	22	12
Erwinia strain A1750	Sensitive	18	12
Erwinia amylovora EG321	Sensitive	33/21b	12
Erwinia chrysanthemi ACH150	Sensitive	17	12
Klebsiella pneumoniae A95	Sensitive	16	12
Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Resistant	12	12
Pseudomonas aurofaciens	Sensitive	27	12
Pseudomonas putida	Sensitive	17	12
Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 61	Sensitive	18	12
Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000	Sensitive	18	12
Animal pathogensc
Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 29212	Sensitive	18	12
Enterococcus faecalis ATCC 52199d	Resistant	12	12
Escherichia coli ATCC 25922	Sensitive	22	12
Escherichia coli ATCC 35218	Sensitive	21	12
Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13883	Sensitive	33	23
Micrococcus luteus ATCC 4698	Sensitive	33	26
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853	Resistant	12	12
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213	Sensitive	22	18
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 33591	Resistant	12	12
Staphylococcus epidermis ATCC 12228	Sensitive	28	16
Streptococcus bovis ATCC 9809	Resistant	12	12
Clinical isolatesc
Enterobacter aerogenes T44224-1	Resistant	12	12
Enterobacter aerogenes W31851-1	Sensitive	21	16
Enterobacter cloacae F23604-1	Sensitive	19	16
Escherichia coli 773813-2	Sensitive	27	17
Escherichia coli H39494-1	Sensitive	17	12
Escherichia coli T34311-1	Sensitive	14	12
Klebsiella pneumoniae F23662-1	Sensitive	22	17
Klebsiella pneumoniae F23673-3	Sensitive	19	14
Pseudomonas aeruginosa F25235-2	Resistant	12	12
Pseudomonas aeruginosa S77551-1	Resistant	12	12
Otherse
Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)	Sensitive	23	12
Bacillus subtilis PY79	Sensitive	29	24

^aTested on King’s B plates. 

^bThis strain exhibited an outer (33-mm) and an inner (21-mm) zone of inhibition. 

^cTested on Mueller-Hinton plates. 

^dVancomycin resistant. 

^eTested on LB plates.