Table 6.
Test bacteria |
Zones of Inhibition of the extracts (mm) |
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Gram positive bacteria | LM1 (200 μg/disc) | LM2 (200 μg/disc) | LM3 (200 μg/disc) | Kannamycin (30 μg/disc) |
Bacillus cereus | 13.8 ± 0.32 | 15.6 ± 045 | 17.2 ± 0.50 | 6.5 ± 0.65 |
Staphylococcus aureus | 16.5 ± 0.35 | 16.4 ± 0.41 | 18.5 ± 0.35 | 25.5 ± 0.65 |
Enterococcus (E. cocci) | 14.8 ± 0.43 | 18.6 ± 0.32 | 13.2 ± 0.50 | 20 ± 0.25 |
Gram negative bacteria | ||||
Escherichia coli | 15.4 ± 0.35 | 12.5 ± 0.25 | 15.3 ± 0.52 | 14.2 ± 0.81 |
Shigella sonnei | 5.5 ± 0.28 | 14.3 ± 0.35 | 20.5 ± 0.32 | 9.4 ± 0.67 |
Proteus sp. | 25.5 ± 0.43 | 11.2 ± 0.15 | 12.3 ± 0.25 | 14.5 ± 0.51 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 14.5 ± 0.42 | 18.2 ± 0.24 | 18.7 ± 0.35 | 12.2 ± 0.41 |
Salmonella typhi | 16.3 ± 0.37 | 15.5 ± 0.28 | 17.1 ± 0.45 | 16.2 ± 0.50 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 20.5 ± 0.32 | 15.2 ± 0.42 | 14.3 ± 0.21 | 12.5 ± 0.51 |
Data are means of three replicates (n = 3) ± standard deviation.