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. 2014 Jan 15;9(1):e84549. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084549

Table 3. Bioactivity of fungi from sloth hair isolated on potato dextrose agar (PDA) or malt extract agar (2%; MEA) against a range of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in the BioMAP assay [30].

Gram-positive Gram-negative
Fungus ID OTU Isolation Media Putative Genus B. sub E. fae L. iva S. epi S. au MRSA Y. pse P. aer S. typ V. chol E. coli A. baum E. aero O. ant P. alc
F4850 M PDA Unknown A
F4847 S MEA Arthrinium A
F4821 I MEA Bionectria A A A A
F4806* R MEA Colletotrichum A A A A A A
F4818* D PDA Cytospora A A A A A A
F4839 D PDA Cytospora A A A A A
F4904 J PDA Leptosphaeria A A A A
F4905 J PDA Leptosphaeria A
F4801 U MEA Endomelanconiopsis A
F4828 O PDA Fusarium A A A A A A
F4898* Y PDA Fusarium A A A A A A
F4830 H MEA Hypocrea A
F4807* C PDA Lasiodiplodia A A A WA A WA WA
F4825 C PDA Lasiodiplodia A
F4844* C MEA Lasiodiplodia A A A A A A
F4824 B MEA Pestalotiopsis A
F4829 B MEA Pestalotiopsis A A A A
F4842 B MEA Pestalotiopsis A A A A A
F4846 G MEA Pestalotiopsis A
F4848 B MEA Pestalotiopsis A

Fungi with particularly potent bioactivity were selected for further study and are marked with an asterisk (*). Fungal extracts causing full cell death are marked ‘A’ and those causing partial cell death are marked ‘WA’.

B. sub  =  Bacillus subtilis 168; E. fae  =  Enterococcus faecium ATCC 6569; L. iva  =  Listeria ivanovii BAA-139; S. epi  =  Staphylococcus epidermis ATCC 14990; S. au  =  Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213; MRSA  =  Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus BAA-44; Y. pse  =  Yersinia pseudotuberculosis IP2666 pIBI; P. aer  =  Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27835; S. typ  =  Salmonella typhimerium LT2; V. chol  =  Vibrio cholerae O1 (biotype El Tor A1552); E. coli  =  Escherichia coli K12 (BW 25113); A. baum  =  Acinetobacteria baumanii NCIMB 12457; E. aero  =  Enterobacter aerogenes ATCC 35029; O. ant  =  Ochrobactrum anthropi ATCC 49687; P. alc  =  Providencia alcallifaciens ATCC 9886.