Table 1

The inhibitory effect of 50 μg/ml of the respective antibiotic was determined by measuring the diameter of the swarm colony on agar plates incubated for 1 week at 30°C.

Antibiotic
Diameter of the colony
[mm]

control
20

Ampicillin
12

Bacitracin
12

Cephalosporin
13

Fusidic acid
19

Gentamicin
15

Hygromycin
14

Kanamycin
0

Kasugamycin
7

Neomycin
11

Oxytetracycline
0

Polymyxin
11

Spectionmycin
15

Trimetoprim
6

Thiostrepton
21

Perlova et al. Microbial Cell Factories 2009 8:1   doi:10.1186/1475-2859-8-1

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