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Table 2 Antimicrobial activity of the CS and enterocin 12a against various indicator bacterial strains

From: Anticancer and antimicrobial potential of enterocin 12a from Enterococcus faecium

Indicator bacteria

Zone of inhibition (mm)

CS

Enterocin 12a

S. enterica MTCC 733

16±0.1

15±0.1

Esc. coli MTCC 119

13±0.2

13±0.2

Sh. flexneri MTCC 1457

15±0.2

15±0.2

List. monocytogenes MTCC 657

14±0.3

13±0.3

V. cholerae MTCC3906

13±0.3

12±0.3

M. smegmatis MTCC6

14±0.2

-*

St. pyogenes MTCC 1927

–

–

Staph. aureus MTCC 96

–

–

Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC 741

–

–

Lactobacillus plantarum L12

–

–

L. plantarum L14

  

L. paracasei L32

–

–

L. pentosus S45

–

–

L. fermentum L13

–

–

L. fermentum L18

–

–

L. casei S49

–

–

  1. *-No zone of inhibition observed