Seasonal Diversity of Lactic Acid Bacteria in Artisanal Yoghurt and Their Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern

Table 7

The susceptibility of lactobacillus species to some conventional antibiotics.

Lactobacillus species	Parameter	Antibiotic
		GEN	CIP	ERY	TET	NOR	AMP	STRE	CHL
Lactobacillus bulgaricus (SY5 I)	MIC	<2	<1	<2	<2	<2	<2	16	2
	MBC	<2	<1	<2	<2	64	<2	64	2
Lactobacillus viridescens (D5 II)	MIC	4	2	4	<2	16	<2	16	2
	MBC	4	2	8	<2	16	<2	32	8
Lactobacillus bulgaricus (NR4 II)	MIC	8	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	64	8
	MBC	16	2	<2	<2	32	<2	128	16
Lactobacillus viridescens (V4 II)	MIC	<2	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	32	<1
	MBC	<2	<1	64	<2	32	64	64	64
Lactobacillus fermentum (Ce1 II)	MIC	4	<1	<2	<2	8	<2	8	<1
	MBC	4	2	<2	<2	16	<2	32	4
Lactobacillus fermentum (C3 II)	MIC	>256	>128	>256	>256	>256	>256	>256	>128
	MBC	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Lactobacillus cellobiosus (CC6 III)	MIC	4	2	<2	<2	16	<2	32	4
	MBC	4	2	<2	<2	16	4	32	4
Lactobacillus cellobiosus (CC7 III)	MIC	<2	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	<2	<1
	MBC	4	<1	<2	4	16	<2	8	8
Lactobacillus lactis (AA5 II)	MIC	4	<1	<2	<2	32	<2	32	2
	MBC	8	2	<2	<2	32	<2	32	2
Lactobacillus bulgaricus (AA1 II)	MIC	4	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	16	2
	MBC	4	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	32	8
Lactobacillus bulgaricus (MB5 II)	MIC	<2	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	32	4
	MBC	4	2	<2	<2	32	<2	64	8
Lactobacillus bulgaricus (PV8 I)	MIC	4	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	16	4
	MBC	4	8	8	<2	32	<2	32	16
Lactobacillus bulgaricus (T2 I)	MIC	4	2	<2	<2	16	<2	32	2
	MBC	8	8	<2	8	32	<2	64	8
Lactobacillus bulgaricus (D1 II)	MIC	8	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	32	8
	MBC	8	2	<2	<2	32	<2	128	128
Lactobacillus bulgaricus (S2 I)	MIC	4	<1	<2	<2	16	<2	32	4
	MBC	8	4	4	<2	32	<2	64	16

GEN: gentamycin; CIP: ciprofloxacin; ERY: erythromycin; TET: tetracycline; NOR: norfloxacin; AMP: ampicillin; STRE: streptomycin; CHL: chloramphenicol; ND: not determined.