Table 1

Reuterin activity and LMW-SH concentration in intestinal bacteria

Organisms
Strainsa
MICb[mM]
MBCb [mM]
LMW-SHc [μmol/1012 cells]

Escherichia coli
DSM 5698
7.5–15.0
15.0–30.0
7.9 ± 1.3
Bacteroides vulgatus
DSM 1447
< 1.9
1.9–3.8
1.6 ± 0.4
Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
DSM 2079
1.9–3.8
1.9–3.8
-d
Bacteroides fragilis
LMG 10263
3.8–7.5
3.8–7.5
7.3 ± 1.7
Bifidobacterium catenulatum
LMG 11043
1.9–3.8
7.5–15.0
1.8 ± 0.9
Bifidobacterium longum
DSM 20219
1.9–3.8
3.8–7.5
1.5 ± 0.5
Bifidobacterium longum infantis
DSM 20088
1.9–3.8
1.9–3.8
5.2 ± 0.6
Bifidobacterium adolescentis
DSM 20083
3.8–7.5
-d
1.3 ± 0.1
Bifidobacterium bifidum
DSM 20456
3.8–7.5
7.5–15.0
2.4 ± 0.5
Bifidobacterium breve
DSM 20213
7.5–15
7.5–15.0
2.0 ± 0.1
Lactobacillus acidophilus
ATCC 4356
15.0–40.0
15.0–40.0
10.7 ± 0.3
Lactobacillus casei
ATCC 334
15.0–40.0
40.0–80.0
2.0 ± 0.3
Lactobacillus fermentum
ETH-Z
15.0–40.0
15.0–40.0
2.9 ± 1.2
Lactobacillus salivarius
ETH-Z
15.0–40.0
40.0–80.0
22.2 ± 5.0
Lactobacillus reuteri
DSM 20016
30.0–50.0
60–120.
6.5 ± 0.8
Lactobacillus reuteri
SD 2112
30.0–50.0
60–120
6.1 ± 1.4
Eubacterium biforme
DSM 3989
1.9–3.8
3.8–7.5
3.0 ± 0.7
Eubacterium eligens
DSM 3376
1.9–3.8
1.9–3.8
-d
Colinsella aerofaciens
DSM 3979
3.8–7.5
7.5–15.0
21.9 ± 4.3
Enterococcus faecium
DSM 20477
3.8–7.5
30.0–50.0
4.8 ± 1.3
Streptococcus salivarius
DSM 20560
3.8–7.5
15.0–30.0
9.6 ± 1.1
Clostridium difficile
ETH-Z
< 1.9
3.8–7.5
43.0 ± 3.8
Clostridium clostridioforme
DSM 933
15.0–30.0
15.0–30.0
3.1 ± 0.8
Ruminococcus productus
DSM 2950
7.5–15.0
3.8–7.5
2.5 ± 0.5
Listeria innocua
HPB 13
7.5–15.0
7.5–15.0
5.5 ± 1.4
Listeria ivanovii
HPB 28
3.8–7.5
7.5–15.0
1.5 ± 0.6

aDSM: Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Braunschweig, Germany ATCC: American Type Culture Collection, Rockville, Maryland, USA HPB: Health Protection Branch, Health and Welfare Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada ETH-Z:Culture Collection of the Food Biotechnology Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland LMG: Belgian Co-Ordinated Collections of Micro-Organisms, Gent, Belgium SD2112 = BioGaia, Stockholm, Sweden

bMIC and MBC data are expressed as the range obtained from at least three independent repetitions for each species

cLMW-SH concentrations are expressed as mean ± SD of at least three independent repetitions

dNot determined

Cleusix et al. BMC Microbiology 2007 7:101   doi:10.1186/1471-2180-7-101