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. 2016 Jun 16;24(1):162–169. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2016.05.018

Table 1.

Data for the potent antimicrobial activity of Sargassum sp. and Cladophora socialis respectively. Larger inhibition zones were referred to by (+++), moderate (++), low (+) and no activity (−) A: acetone; M: methanol.

No. Pathogenic Algal species and organic extracting
Sargassum latifolium
Sargassumplatycarpum
Cladophora socialis green
Cladophora socialisdry
Antibiotic disk (μg)
Bacterial isolates A M A M A M A M
1 K. pneumoniae MEM 10 (10 mm)
2 E. coli (25966) ++ ++ ++ ++ + MEM 10 (8 mm)
3 P. aeruginosa ++ + ++ +++ MEM 10 (8.5 mm)
4 Salmonella sp. +++ ++ ++ ++ AMC 30 (7.5 mm)
5 E. feacalis ++ + +++ ++ AMC 30 (7 mm)
6 MRSA ++ +++ + ++ ++ +++ MEM 10 (8 mm) MXF 5 (7 mm) AMC 30 (10 mm)
7 B. subtilis ++ +++ ++ +++ ++ ++ +++ MEM 10 (8 mm)
8 Staph. aureus ++ +++ + ++ ++ +++ ++ MEM 10 (9 mm)
9 Staph. xylosus +++ + + +++ ++ MEM 10 (9 mm)



Yeast
1 C. albicans + ++