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

BMC Microbiology

Table 2 Bacterial survival rates (%) after exposure to different hydrogen peroxide concentrations

Organisms	Strains	0 g l^-1 H₂O₂	10 gl^-1 H₂O₂	20 gl^-1 H₂O₂	30 gl^-1 H₂O₂
*Escherichia coli*	DSM 5698	100	ng¹	ng	ng
*Bacteroides vulgatus*	DSM 1447	100	ng	ng	ng
*Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron*	DSM 2079	100	ng	ng	ng
*Bacteroides fragilis*	LMG 10263	100	ng	ng	ng
*Bifidobacterium catenulatum*	LMG 11043	100	0.56^a	ng	ng
*Bifidobacterium longum*	DSM 20219	100	0.47^a	ng	ng
*Bifidobacterium longum infantis*	DSM 20088	100	5.90^b	0.18^abc	ng
*Bifidobacterium adolescentis*	DSM 20083	100	0.67^a	ng	ng
*Bifidobacterium bifidum*	DSM 20456	100	ng	ng	ng
*Bifidobacterium breve*	DSM 20213	100	24.9^bc	ng	ng
*Lactobacillus acidophilus*	ATCC 4356	100	25.5^bc	3.83^bd	3.88^a
*Lactobacillus casei*	ATCC 334	100	0.07^a	ng	ng
*Lactobacillus fermentum*	ETH-Z	100	0.72^a	0.02^c	ng
*Lactobacillus salivarius*	ETH-Z	100	0.71^a	ng	ng
*Lactobacillus reuteri*	DSM 20016	100	0.35^a	0.06^c	0.09^b
*Lactobacillus reuteri*	SD 2112	100	0.16^a	ng	ng
*Eubacterium biforme*	DSM 3989	100	ng	ng	ng
*Colinsella aerofaciens*	DSM 3979	100	ng	ng	ng
*Enterococcus faecium*	DSM 20477	100	66.1^c	48.4^d	75.6^c
*Streptococcus salivarius*	DSM 20560	100	0.57^a	0.20^abc	0.06^b
*Clostridium difficile*	ETH-Z	100	ng	ng	ng
*Clostridium clostridioforme*	DSM 933	100	ng	ng	ng
*Ruminococcus productus*	DSM 2950	100	ng	ng	ng
*Listeria innocua*	HPB 13	100	ng	ng	ng
*Listeria ivanovii*	HPB 28	100	ng	ng	ng

¹No growth
Different letters in a line indicate significant differences with the Tukey's test (P < 0.05)

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