Research Article

Diversity and Antimicrobial Properties of Lactic Acid Bacteria Isolated from Rhizosphere of Olive Trees and Desert Truffles of Tunisia

Table 3

Antimicrobial susceptibility of the enterococci isolated from the rhizosphere soils.

AntibioticsE. faecium E. faecalis E. durans E. hirae % resistance
( )( )( )( )

Penicillins AM 0 0 0 0 0
Aminoglycosides GM 0 0 0 0 0
TE 6 0 1 0 8,75
S 6 0 0 0 7,5
Chloramphenicols CH 3 0 0 0 3,75
Macrolides E 2 1 0 0 3,75
Glycopeptides VA 3 0 0 0 3,75
TEI 0 0 0 0 0
Fluoroquinolones CIP 28 1 0 0 36,25

AM: ampicillin, GM: gentamicine, TE: teteracyclin, S: streptomycin, E: erythromycin, C: chloramphenicol, VA: vancomycin, TEI: teicoplanin, and CIP: ciprofloxacin. : total number of strains; numbers indicated resistant strains within species.