Table 2

Curing agents treatments	concentration	No. of colonies tested from isolates			Colonies lost antibiotic resistance
Curing agents treatments	concentration	Lab2	Lab11	Lab13	Lab2	Lab11	Lab13
(1) EtBr	10 µg/ml	50	50	50	0	0	0
(2) SDS	0.8 mg/ml	50	50	50	0	0	0
(3) EtBr at. 42°C	10 µg/ml	50	50	50	0	0	0
(4) SDS at 42°C	0.8 mg /ml	50	50	50	3	2	2

Table 2: Effect of different curing agents on cured plasmid conferring resistance to antibiotics in lactobacillus isolates.