Table 3. Comparison of the observation of lytic activity, against heat killed cells and live cells of Vibrio harveyi PSU 2015 by a 0.45 µm culture filtrates obtained during growth of Pseudomonas sp. W3 culture. |
Incubation time (hrs) |
Bacteriolytic activity |
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Dead cells of V. harveyi PSU 2015 |
Live cells of V. harveyi PSU 2015 |
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Control |
18 hrs culture filtrate |
24 hrs culture filtrate |
Control |
24 hrs culture filtrate |
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0 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
+ |
- |
+ |
6 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
++ |
8 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
++ |
10 |
- |
+ |
+ |
- |
++ |
22 |
- |
+ |
++ |
- |
++ |
Cell lytic activity when compared with a control set (no addition of 0.45 µm culture filtrate) was scored as follows: -, 0-24%; +, 25-49%; ++, 50-74 and +++, 75-100%. |
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