Research Article

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

Table 4

Antibacterial property of crude extracts against selected pathogenic bacteria determined using the agar well diffusion assay and colorimetric broth microdilution method.

Crude extract and controlDiameter of the inhibition zone (mm)MIC/MBC (μg/ml)
SABCSABC

7BAC-1FE0.00 ± 0.00c0.00 ± 0.00cndnd
1BAC-7FE8.17 ± 0.29a9.33 ± 1.15a512/>1024512/512
11BAC-7FE0.00 ± 0.00c0.00 ± 0.00cndnd
12BAC-7FE8.83 ± 0.29a13.00 ± 0.00ab256/512256/256
2BAC-10FE0.00 ± 0.00c0.00 ± 0.00cndnd
4TAK-5FE0.00 ± 0.00c0.00 ± 0.00cndnd
9TAK-5FE0.00 ± 0.00c0.00 ± 0.00cndnd
Streptomycin19.50 ± 0.87b26.50 ± 3.04b3.13/6.253.13/6.25

Data are expressed as mean ± SD of 3 replicates. Results with different lowercase superscripts in the same column are significantly different at (Dunnett’ T3 test). FE: filtrate of the ethyl acetate crude extract; SA: S. aureus ATCC25923; BC: B. cereus MTCC430; nd: not determined.