Table 3. Antimicrobial activity and co-aggregation of LAB strains to E. coli and S. aureus

Indicator strains		L. plantarum ATCC14917	L. plantarum SMF398	L. plantarum SMF470
Inhibition zone (mm)	E. coli KCTC1039	12.00±0.00^b	11.00±0.00^a	11.00±0.00^a
Inhibition zone (mm)	S. aureus KCCM11335	5.00±0.00^a	12.00±0.00^c	7.67±0.58^b
Co-aggregation (%)	E. coli KCTC1039	30.40±0.52^a	49.02±0.51^c	44.85±0.29^b
Co-aggregation (%)	S. aureus KCCM11335	33.22±0.38^a	48.05±1.06^b	50.45±0.16^c

Each value represents mean±standard deviation of three independent experiments.
Values with different superscript letters in the same row are significantly different (p<0.05).