A Sequential Statistical Approach towards an Optimized Production of a Broad Spectrum Bacteriocin Substance from a Soil Bacterium Bacillus sp. YAS 1 Strain

Table 1

Sensitivity of E. amylovora to antimicrobial agents produced by six bacterial isolates.

Bacterial isolate
Screening method	F2	L18	S4	S9	S25	S33
Toothpick technique (mm)^a	13.0	7.0	7.7	14.3	4.0	17.3
Well cut diffusion method (mm^b,c  ± SE^d)	6.3 ± 1.17	Nil	19.3 ± 1.8	22.8 ± 2.5	7.7 ± 1.8	15.6 ± 1.88

mm = diameter of inhibition zone; ^cmean of three readings; ^dstandard error.