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Table 1 Reuterin activity and LMW-SH concentration in intestinal bacteria

From: Inhibitory activity spectrum of reuterin produced by Lactobacillus reuteri against intestinal bacteria

Organisms

Strainsa

MICb[mM]

MBCb [mM]

LMW-SHc [μmol/1012 cells]

Escherichia coli

DSM 5698

7.5–15.0

15.0–30.0

7.9 ± 1.3

Bacteroides vulgatus

DSM 1447

< 1.9

1.9–3.8

1.6 ± 0.4

Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron

DSM 2079

1.9–3.8

1.9–3.8

-d

Bacteroides fragilis

LMG 10263

3.8–7.5

3.8–7.5

7.3 ± 1.7

Bifidobacterium catenulatum

LMG 11043

1.9–3.8

7.5–15.0

1.8 ± 0.9

Bifidobacterium longum

DSM 20219

1.9–3.8

3.8–7.5

1.5 ± 0.5

Bifidobacterium longum infantis

DSM 20088

1.9–3.8

1.9–3.8

5.2 ± 0.6

Bifidobacterium adolescentis

DSM 20083

3.8–7.5

-d

1.3 ± 0.1

Bifidobacterium bifidum

DSM 20456

3.8–7.5

7.5–15.0

2.4 ± 0.5

Bifidobacterium breve

DSM 20213

7.5–15

7.5–15.0

2.0 ± 0.1

Lactobacillus acidophilus

ATCC 4356

15.0–40.0

15.0–40.0

10.7 ± 0.3

Lactobacillus casei

ATCC 334

15.0–40.0

40.0–80.0

2.0 ± 0.3

Lactobacillus fermentum

ETH-Z

15.0–40.0

15.0–40.0

2.9 ± 1.2

Lactobacillus salivarius

ETH-Z

15.0–40.0

40.0–80.0

22.2 ± 5.0

Lactobacillus reuteri

DSM 20016

30.0–50.0

60–120.

6.5 ± 0.8

Lactobacillus reuteri

SD 2112

30.0–50.0

60–120

6.1 ± 1.4

Eubacterium biforme

DSM 3989

1.9–3.8

3.8–7.5

3.0 ± 0.7

Eubacterium eligens

DSM 3376

1.9–3.8

1.9–3.8

-d

Colinsella aerofaciens

DSM 3979

3.8–7.5

7.5–15.0

21.9 ± 4.3

Enterococcus faecium

DSM 20477

3.8–7.5

30.0–50.0

4.8 ± 1.3

Streptococcus salivarius

DSM 20560

3.8–7.5

15.0–30.0

9.6 ± 1.1

Clostridium difficile

ETH-Z

< 1.9

3.8–7.5

43.0 ± 3.8

Clostridium clostridioforme

DSM 933

15.0–30.0

15.0–30.0

3.1 ± 0.8

Ruminococcus productus

DSM 2950

7.5–15.0

3.8–7.5

2.5 ± 0.5

Listeria innocua

HPB 13

7.5–15.0

7.5–15.0

5.5 ± 1.4

Listeria ivanovii

HPB 28

3.8–7.5

7.5–15.0

1.5 ± 0.6

  1. aDSM: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Braunschweig, Germany ATCC: American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Maryland, USA HPB: Health Protection Branch, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ETH-Z:Culture Collection of the Food Biotechnology Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland LMG: Belgian Co-Ordinated Collections of Micro-Organisms, Gent, Belgium SD2112 = BioGaia, Stockholm, Sweden
  2. bMIC and MBC data are expressed as the range obtained from at least three independent repetitions for each species
  3. cLMW-SH concentrations are expressed as mean ± SD of at least three independent repetitions
  4. dNot determined