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

Table 4

Antibacterial activity spectrum of neutralized cell-free supernatant of three LAB rhizospheric isolates.

Strains		L. monocytogenes L15	S. aureus ATCC 6538	S. aureus ATCC 25923	E. faecium ATCC 19129	E. faecalis ATCC 29212
Leuconostoc mesenteroides	FS013	21±1.00	14±1.00	12±1.00	13±1.00	10±0.00
Weissella halotolerans	FS008	17±1.00	15±1.00	20±1.00	13.5±1.00	11±1.00
Enterococcus faecium	FS071	16±1.00	15±1.05	19±1.73	14.5±0.80	15.5±1.32

Numbers indicated the diameter of the inhibition zone in mm; each value represents the mean value standard deviation (SD) from three trials; values in the same column differ significantly (𝑃<0.05).