Table 2.
Number of actinomycetes exhibiting activity against nonmycobacterial, fungal, and mycobacterial pathogens.
| Ecosystems | Number of actinomycetes | Number of antagonistic isolates against | ||||||||||
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| Nonmycobacterial pathogens | M. tuberculosis | Fungi | ||||||||||
| S. aureus MTCC96 | B. subtilis MTCC 441 | E. coli | S. typhi | P. vulgaris | K. pneumoniae | P. aeruginosa | MTB H37Rv | MTB SHRE sensitive | MTB SHRE resistant | C. albicans | ||
| Thar Desert, Rajasthan | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | — |
| Rubber forest, Kerala | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Coffee plantation, Kerala | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Thirukurungudi, Tamil Nadu | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Yercaud Hills, Tamil Nadu | 9 | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Thottabetta Hills, Tamil Nadu | 3 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Munnar Hills, Tamil Nadu | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — |
| Siruvani Hills, Tamil Nadu | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | |||
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| Total Isolates | 54 | 17 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | — | 24 | 23 | 23 | 4 |
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| Percentage | 100 | 31.48 | 29.62 | 3.7 | 7.4 | 20.37 | 5.55 | 0.00 | 44.44 | 42.59 | 42.59 | 5.55 |