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Table 3 The inhibitory effect of cell-free filtrates of X. nematophila YL001 on the selected bacterial pathogens at varying initial pH

From: Regulation of antimicrobial activity and xenocoumacins biosynthesis by pH in Xenorhabdus nematophila

Bacteria

Antibiotic activity (U/mL)1

pH 5.5

pH 6.5

pH 7.0

pH 7.5

pH 8.5

Bacillus subtilis

96.0 ± 17.0c

194.0 ± 6.0b

205.0 ± 13.0a

205.0 ± 6.0a

210.0 ± 29.0a

Bacillus thuringiensis

8.0 ± 0.6e

77.0 ± 1.2d

73.0 ± 1.2c

81.0 ± 6.0b

92.0 ± 1.2a

Bacillus cereus

17.0 ± 1.2d

44.0 ± 6.0c

84.0 ± 6.0b

84.0 ± 3.0b

95.0 ± 1.7a

Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae

13.0 ± 6.0d

84.0 ± 2.3c

107.0 ± 12.0b

128.0 ± 2.9a

132.0 ± 6.0a

Xanthomonas campestris pv. oryzae

15.0 ± 1.2c

26.0 ± 1.2b

24.0 ± 6b

32.3 ± 2ab

34.0 ± 3.0a

Erwinia carotorora subsp. carotovora

18.0 ± 0.6b

9.0 ± 2.9c

13.0 ± 0.6b

20.0 ± 0.6a

22.7 ± 1.5a

  1. 1Antibiotic activity of X. nematophila YL001 culture on the bacterial pathogens tested was expressed as units of activity per mL of the cell-free filtrate. Data are presented as mean ± SE (n = 6). Different lower case letters followed by the data of each pathogen tested indicate significant differences at P = 0.05