Table 3.
Results of screening program step for potential non-polyenic antifungal actinomycete isolates
| Isolates | Antibacterial activity |
Ergosterol effect ** |
UV-visible spectrum | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. aureus | M. luteus | B. subtilis | P. aeruginosa | E. coli | without | with | ||
| Isolate 1 * | 25 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 15 | NP | ||
| Isolate 2 * | 21 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | NP | ||
| Isolate 3 * | 20 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 13 | NP | ||
| Isolate 4 * | 21 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 15 | NP | ||
| Reference *** | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 16.0 | 10.0 | P |
*
Reference number in the collection of Actinomycetes of the “Laboratory of biology and Biotechnology of microorganisms, Semlalia Faculty of Sciences, Marrakesh, Cadi Ayyad University Morocco”;
**
Inhibition zones in mm with or without ergosterol at 50 mg/ml in Sabouraud medium;
***
Amphotericin B at 20 µg/well or disc; NP: non-polyenic; P: polyenic ; ND: not determined.