Isolation and Characterization of Lactic Acid Bacteria from Fermented Milk Produced in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia, and Evaluation of their Antimicrobial Activity against Selected Pathogenic Bacteria

Table 1

Morphological characteristics of LAB isolated from Ergo samples, Jimma town, southwest Ethiopia.

S. no	LAB isolate code	LAB genus detected	Gram stain	Cell morphology	Cellular arrangement/appearance
1	ESAIa	Lactococcus	+	Cocci	Single, diploid, and short-chained cocci
2	ESAIb	Lactococcus	+	Cocci	Tetraploid, paired cocci
3	ESAIc	Lactococcus	+	Cocci	Paired, long-chained cocci
4	ESAId	Lactococcus	+	Cocci	Paired, short-chained cocci
5	ESBIa	Lactobacillus	+	Rod	Paired rods
6	ESBIb	Leuconostoc	+	Cocci	Long-chained cocci
7	ESBIc	Lactococcus	+	Cocci	Diploid, paired cocci
8	ESBId	Lactococcus	+	Cocci	Single, paired, and chained cocci
9	ESCIa	Lactobacillus	+	Coccoid bacilli	Paired, long-chained coccoid bacilli
10	ESCIb	Lactobacillus	+	Coccoid bacilli	Single, paired coccoid bacilli
11	ESCIc	Lactobacillus	+	Coccoid bacilli	Diploid, tetraploid, and paired coccoid bacilli
12	ESCId	Lactobacillus	+	Coccoid bacilli	Single, diploid, and paired coccoid bacilli