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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of the CS, crude and purified ESmr18 of E. faecium against various pathogenic indicator bacteria

From: Biopreservative efficacy of Enterococcus faecium-immobilised film and its enterocin against Salmonella enterica

S. no

Indicator bacteria

Strain

Zone of inhibition

CS

Crude ESmr18

Purified ESmr18

1

L. monocytogenes

NCIM5277

S*

S+ 

S

2

Streptococcus pyogenes

MTCC1927

S

S+ 

S

3

S. enterica serotype Typhi

MTCC733

S

S+ 

S

4

S. enterica serotype Typhimurium

MTCC1251

S

S+ 

S

5

S. enterica serotype Typhimurium

MTCC1252

S

S+ 

S

6

Shigella flexneri

NCIM5265

R

R

R

7

Escherichia coli

NCIM5662

R

R

R

8

Klebsiella pneumonia

NCIM5215

R

R

R

9

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

NCIM2862

R

R

R

10

Staphylococcus aureus

NCIM5718

R

R

R

  1. *S Sensitive
  2. S+ zone of inhibition > 15 mm
  3. S zone of inhibition < 15 mm
  4. R Resistant No zone of inhibition