Research Article

Antagonistic Potential of Soil Streptomyces Isolates from Southern Thailand to Inhibit Foodborne Bacterial Pathogens

Table 1

Physicochemical characteristics and abundance of Actinomycete isolates found in soil samples at diverse sampling areas.

Soil samplesaParameters
TextureColorpH rangeMoisture content (%) rangeNo. of Actinomycete isolates (%)

BAC-1 to BAC-10Loam, clay loamBrown3.7–4.115.5–28.145 (33.09)
TAK-1 to TAK-10ClayGray, brown4.6–5.223.6–37.957 (41.91)
YIN-1 to YIN-10LoamBrown4.0–5.216.8–24.534 (25)

aThe soil samples were named with sampling sites and the number of paddy fields. BAC: Bacho; TAK: Tak Bai; YIN: Yi-ngo.