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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of LAB strains isolated from silage (agar drop diffusion test)

From: Newly isolated lactic acid bacteria from silage targeting biofilms of foodborne pathogens during milk fermentation

LAB species

Strain

Growth inhibition, mm

Escherichia coli MG1655 (K-12)

Klebsiella pneumonia (Clinical isolate)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa АТСС 27853

Bacillus cereus (Clinical isolate)

Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus ATCC 29213

Lactobacillus plantarum

AG1

8.5 ± 2.1

10.0 ± 2.8*

13.0 ± 2.8*

5.5 ± 2.1

9.0 ± 1.4

Lactobacillus fermentum

AG8

8.5 ± 2.1

9.5 ± 0.7

13.0 ± 2.8*

6.5 ± 0.7*

9.5 ± 0.7*

Lactobacillus plantarum

AG9

8.5 ± 2.1

8.5 ± 2.1

8.0 ± 2.8

6.0 ± 0.3

7.5 ± 2.1

Lactobacillus plantarum

AG10

8.0 ± 1.4

11.0 ± 1.4*

11.0 ± 1.4*

6.0 ± 1.4

9.5 ± 0.7*

Lactobacillus plantarum

AG15

10.0 ± 0.2*

11.5 ± 0.7*

12.5 ± 3.5*

6.5 ± 0.7*

9.0 ± 0.2

Lactobacillus fermentum

AG16

9.0 ± 1.4

13.0 ± 0.2*

12.5 ± 3.5*

7.0 ± 0.2*

9.5 ± 2.1*

Lactobacillus plantarum

8PA3

7.5 ± 1.6

7.9 ± 0.6

9.1 ± 0.4

5.0 ± 0.5

8.0 ± 1.3

  1. * denotes statistically significant difference with probiotic strain L. plantarum 8PA3 (p < 0.05)