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Table 1 Activity of EPS from isolates against test strains for primary screening

From: Phylogenetics and antibacterial properties of exopolysaccharides from marine bacteria isolated from Mauritius seawater

EPS

Test strains

 

Enterobacter cloacae

Salmonella typhimurium

Escherichia coli

Staphylococcus aureus

Staphylococcus saprophyticus

Bacillus cereus

Proteus mirabilis

E1

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

E2

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

E3

+

-

-

+

-

-

-

E4

+

+

-

+

-

-

-

E5

9.8 ± 0.1

9.9 ± 0.2

-

7.4 ± 0.2

7.0 ± 0.2

-

9.0 ± 0.1

E6

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

E7

+

-

-

+

+

-

-

E8

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

E9

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

E10

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

E11

-

-

-

+

-

-

+

E12

+

-

-

+

-

-

+

E13

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

E14

-

+

-

-

-

+

+

E15

10.9 ± 0.2

7.8 ± 0.1

-

9.5 ± 0.1

-

-

8.9 ± 0.2

E16

10.6 ± 0.2

7.9 ± 0.1

-

10.0 ± 0.4

-

-

8.6 ± 0.1

E17

-

-

-

+

-

+

+

E18

10.8 ± 0.1

9.4 ± 0.4

-

8.1 ± 0.1

7.6 ± 0.3

-

8.0 ± 0.1

E19

7.9 ± 0.2

9.5 ± 0.1

-

8.1 ± 0.2

8.6 ± 0.2

-

11.0 ± 0.2

E20

10.1 ± 0.3

6.4 ± 0.1

-

9.1 ± 0.1

7.1 ± 0.3

-

11.9 ± 0.2

E21

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

E22

+

-

-

-

-

-

+

E23

-

-

-

+

-

-

+

E24

-

-

+

-

+

-

+

E25

+

-

-

+

+

-

+

E26

11.4 ± 0.2

-

9.5 ± 0.1

8.0 ± 0.4

8.1 ± 0.2

-

9.9 ± 0.1

E27

-

-

+

+

-

-

+

E28

+

-

-

-

+

-

-

E29

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

E30

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

E31

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

E32

-

-

-

+

+

-

+

E33

-

-

-

-

+

-

+

E34

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

E35

-

+

-

+

+

-

-

E36

-

-

+

+

+

-

-

E37

9.0 ± 0.2

7.1 ± 0.2

7.6 ± 0.1

9.1 ± 0.2

-

-

-

E38

+

-

-

-

-

-

-

E39

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

E40

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  1. + indicates activity; - indicates no activity; values for diameter of zones of inhibition shown only for selected EPS as diameter (in millimetres) ± standard deviation;
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Annals of Microbiology

ISSN: 1869-2044

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