Table 5: Table 5 displays the whether the listed strains of probiotic bacteria are resistant or susceptible to the following cell wall inhibiting antibiotics; Penicillin (PEN), Ampicillin (AMP), Dicloxacillin (DIC), Vancomycin (VAN), Bacitracin (BAC). (S = Sensitive |R = Resistance | N/A = Information not available |R/S = Bacteria has demonstrated resistance and susceptibility in studies) [130,131,144,146-148].

Cell-Wall Inhibiting Antibiotics

Bacteria; genus, species, strain

PEN

AMP

DIC

VAN

BAC

Bifidobacterium breve M-16V

S

S

S

S

S

Propionibacterium acidipropionici

S

S

N/A

R

S

Propionibacterium freudenreichii

S

S

S

R

S

Propionibacterium jensenii

S

S

S

R

S

Bacillus coagulans SZN1969

S

S

N/A

S

S

Bacillus subtilis DE111

S

S

S

S

S