Research Article

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 6

Antimicrobial activity of heat-treated CFS.

LAB isolatesAverage ZOI of CFS after treatment with heat
30°C60°C80°C100 °C

ESBIa9.3 ± 3.27.7 ± 2.26.7 ± 2.13 ± 0.4
ESCIa10.2 ± 2.28.7 ± 4.27.2 ± 3.56.5 ± 1.2
ESCIc11.7 ± 4.79.5 ± 5.77.7 ± 4.14 ± 3.1

Results expressed as average of .