Table 2.

Antibacterial activity of phycoerythrin.

S. No	Bacterial pathogens	Ampicillin 50 µg mL−1 (mm)	Phycoerythrin 30 µg mL−1 (mm)
1	Bacillus subtilis	17	12
2	Escherichia coli	20	17
3	Klebsiella oxytoca	23	20
4	Proteus mirabilis	19	11
5	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	21	18
6	Staphylococcus aureus	21	13
7	Streptococcus pyogenes	18	15

Values are the mean of three replicated studies.