Differential Bacteriostatic Effects of Sucralose on Various Species of Environmental Bacteria

Table 4

Disk diffusion assay data, and zone of inhibitions are indicated. Regrowth from inhibited zones was tested; regrowth indicated a bacteriostatic inhibition not bactericidal.

Isolate	Regrowth	Diameters of inhibition (mm)						Average inhibition
Microbacterium sp. U 13	yes	1.12	1.1	1.5	1	1.05	1	1.12
Stenotrophomonas sp. I_61	yes	2	2.1	2.3	1.5	1.6	1.9	1.9
Rhizobium borbori	yes	1.1	0.8	1.1	1.15	1.3	1	1.07
Citrobacter murlinlae	yes	1.3	1	0.9	0.8	1	1	1
Ensifer arboris	yes	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.9	1	0.866
Streptomyces badius	yes	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.5	1	0.667