In vitro evaluation of probiotic properties and antioxidant activities of Bifidobacterium strains from infant feces in the Uyghur population of northwestern China

Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of the Bifidobacterium strains against the enteropathogenic bacteria

Strain	E. coli (EPEC) O127: K63 CICC 10411	E. coli (ETEC) O78: K80 CICC 10421	E. coli (EHEC) O157: H7 CICC 21530	S. typhimurium CICC 10420	S. enterica CGMCC 1.1754	L. monocytogenes CGMCC 1.9136	S. aureus CICC 21600
B. pseudocatenulatum
BF5-10	+	++	+	+	+	-	+
BF8-3	++	+	+	++	-	-	-
B. longum subsp. infantis
BF48-2	+	+	+	++	-	+	-
BF17-4	+	++	+	+	+	-	+
BF66-2	++	++	++	+	-	-	-
BF67-13	+	+	+	++	-	+	-
B. bifidum
BF87-11	++	+	-	+	-	-	+
BF87-3	++	+	-	+	-	-	+
BF87-12	++	+	++	++	+	-	+
BF52-1	+	++	++	++	++	+	+
B. kashiwanohense
BF13-15	++	+	+	+	-	-	-
BF88-5	++	+	+	++	-	-	-
BF98-12	+	+	-	+	-	-	+
BF96-5	+	+	-	+	-	-	-
L. rhamnosus GG	++	+	+	+	+	+	+

Diameter of the zone of inhibition (including that of the oxford cup of 8 mm): (−) less than 8 mm, negative; (+), 9-16 mm, mild; (++), 17–24 mm, strong

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