Table 2. Antimicrobial activity of sword bean fermentation filtrate fermented by L. plantarum and L. brevis

Diameter of inhibition zone (mm)
Control1) L. plantarum2) L. brevis3)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa 8.0±0.04)c5) 30.0±0.0a 26.0±0.0b
Staphylococcus intermedius 8.0±0.0c 21.0±0.0a 20.0±0.0b
Staphylococcus heamolyticus 8.0±0.0c 22.0±0.0a 20.0±0.0b
Staphylococcus epidermidis 8.0±0.0c 18.0±0.0a 16.0±0.0b
Escherichia coli O157:H7 8.0±0.0b 9.0±0.0a 9.0±0.0a
Candida albicans -6) - -
Control, no inoculation of Lactobacillus sp.
L. plantarum, sword bean fermentation filtrate fermented by L. plantarum.
L. brevis, sword bean fermentation filtrate fermented by L. brevis.
All values are mean±SD (n=3).
Means with different letters in the row are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).
No effect.