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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sargassum latifolium |
Sargassumplatycarpum |
Cladophora socialis green |
Cladophora socialisdry |
Antibiotic disk (μg) | ||||||
| Bacterial isolates | ||||||||||
| 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 | − | + | ++ | − | − | − | − | − | |