Table 1.

Co-culture and pure culture of E. amstelodami and Bacillus species showed different inhibition effects on S. aureus.

Treatment	Inhibition rate (%)a
E. amstelodami pure culture	20.11 ± 0.04d
B. licheniformis pure culture	3.18 ± 0.01e
B. subtilis pure culture	53.83 ± 0.04c
B. amyloliquefaciens pure culture	85.89 ± 0.03a
Co-culture of E. amstelodami and B. licheniformis	76.71 ± 0.04b
Co-culture of E. amstelodami and B. subtilis	82.26 ± 0.01a
Co-culture of E. amstelodami and B. amyloliquefaciens	90.21 ± 0.01a

Data were reported as the mean value ± standard. ^aDifferent letters in the same column indicated significant differences between treatments, p < 0.05, n = 3.