Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of the cell free fermented broth (CFB) of 48 h grown culture against various test strains (mean values of triplicate experiments)
Test strain | Inhibition zone using CFB (mm) |
|---|---|
Gram-positive | |
Listeria monocytogenes (MTCC 839) | 13 |
Lactobacillus plantarum (MTCC 2621) | 10 |
Clostridium bifermentas (MTCC 11273) | 10 |
Clostridium sordelli (MTCC 11072) | 12 |
Bacillus subtilis (MTCC 121) | <10 |
Staphylococcus aureus (MTCC 1430) | 10 |
Micrococcus luteus (MTCC 106) | 26 |
Pediococcus acidilactici (MTCC 7442) | - |
P. pentosaceus (MTCC 9484) | - |
P. pentosaceus (MTCC 10308) | - |
Gram-negative | |
Vibrio cholera (MTCC 3904) | 15 |
Escherichia coli (MTCC 1610) | <10 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MTCC 1934) | 10 |
Serratia marcescens (MTCC 97) | - |
Fungi | |
Candida albicans (MTCC 183) | - |
Asperigillus flavus (MTCC 8188) | - |