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Table 3.

Antibacterial activity of different solvent extracts from the stems of Passiflora species.

Bacteria	Plant extracts inhibition zone diameter in mm									STD
	Passiflora edulis			Passiflora quadrangularis			Passiflora maliformis
	PE	ACT	MET	PE	ACT	MET	PE	ACT	MET
Gram-positive bacteria
S. aureus	7.3 ± 0.2^e	8.3 ± 0.2^e	9.3 ± 0.3^de	9.6 ± 0.6^de	11.7 ± 0.5^cd	16.2 ± 0.2^b	9.0 ± 0.1^e	13.4 ± 0.1^c	14.7 ± 0.5^bc	24.7 ± 0.6^a
B. cereus	10.4 ± 0.2^bcd	8.7 ± 0.2^d	12.5 ± 0.7^b	9.5 ± 0.4^cd	8.2 ± 0.1^d	10.1 ± 0.6^bcd	8.5 ± 0.2^d	9.6 ± 0.2^cd	11.3 ± 0.3^bc	28.6 ± 0.7^a
B. subtilis	7.0 ± 0.1^f	10.3 ± 0.3^d	11.7 ± 0.5^cd	8.5 ± 0.4^f	10.4 ± 0.2^d	13.3 ± 0.3^c	10.1 ± 0.6^de	15.1 ± 0.2^b	15.4 ± 0.1^b	30.8 ± 0.8^a
L. monocytogenes	11.3 ± 0.3^b	11.0 ± 0.4^b	11.2 ± 0.8^b	13.0 ± 0.5^b	10.9 ± 0.5^b	12.1 ± 1.0^b	10.7 ± 0.8^b	11.0 ± 0.4^b	11.2 ± 0.9^b	21.7 ± 0.5^a
S. gallolyticus	10.0 ± 0.5^b	9.7 ± 0.1^b	10.4 ± 0.1^b	10.7 ± 0.5^b	10.3 ± 0.4^b	11.5 ± 0.6^b	9.7 ± 0.4^b	10.3 ± 0.3^b	10.7 ± 0.1^b	28.3 ± 0.2^a
Gram-negative bacteria
P. aeruginosa	8.1 ± 0.3^b	11.3 ± 0.3^a	7.8 ± 0.2^b	10.9 ± 0.2^a	10.5 ± 0.3^a	7.2 ± 0.5^b	6.6 ± 0.4^b	6.8 ± 0.7^b	6.5 ± 0.6^b	12.3 ± 0.6^a
K. oxytoca	9.4 ± 0.2^c	12.1 ± 0.5^b	8.1 ± 0.2^cd	11.9 ± 0.9^b	11.4 ± 0.3^b	8.2 ± 0.5^cd	7.5 ± 0.5^d	7.8 ± 0.1^cd	7.9 ± 0.3^cd	26.2 ± 0.5^a
P. vulgaris	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	23.3 ± 0.6
S. enteritidis	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	7.3 ± 0.2^b	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	7.4 ± 0.3^b	0.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	6.6 ± 0.5^b	21.5 ± 0.2^a
E. coli	10.3 ± 0.4^ab	8.4 ± 0.2^b	11.8 ± 0.3^a	7.6 ± 0.6^b	7.5 ± 0.5^a	8.0 ± 0.2^b	9.5 ± 0.1^ab	7.6 ± 0.4^b	7.5 ± 0.3^b	11.3 ± 0.1^a

Different superscript letters within the same row indicate significant differences (Tukey's test, P < 0.05) of the means for each solvent extract of the Passiflora. PE: petroleum ether; ACT: acetone; MET: methanol; STD: standard (chloramphenicol).