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. 2020 Oct 17;9(10):712. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9100712

Table 3.

Antimicrobial effect of alga extracts on Staphylococcus aureus (reference strains: ATCC 25923/2940/11632/6538/6462/333591; TISTR517; CMCC(B)26003; BAA-42; PTCC1112; RCM 010027).

Seaweed Solvent MIC/IC50/MBC
(mg/mL)
Agar Diffusion Ref.
C. socialis (G) AcO/MeOH I/S [118]
S. latifolium (B) I/S
S. platycarpum (B) Re/I
C. elongatum (G)/L. obtusa (R)/C. multifida (B) AcO MIC (0.63 × 103) [125]
H. macroloba (G)/S. binderi (B)/Amphiroa sp. (B)/T. conoides (B) AcO Re [99]
U. lactuca (G)/C. fragile (G)/L. johnstonii (R)/Gymnogongrus martinensis (R)/D. flabellata (B)/Padina concrescens (B) AcO:MeOH Re/NI/I/NI/NI/NI [127]
U. flexuosa (G)/P. antillarum (B)/P. boergeseni (B) MeOH/EtAc MIC (3.75/1.87) I/S [66]
MIC (7.5/3.75) I/S
MIC (15/3.75) Re/I
U. rigida (G) DCM Re [80]
DCM:MeOH
H. tuna (G)/D. dichotoma var intricata (B)/D. indica (B)/S. lanceolatum (B)/D. dichotoma var intricata (B)/M. afaqhusainii (R) EtOH Re [57]
C. glomerata (G)/E. linza (G)/U. rigida (G)/C. ciliatum (R)/C. barbata (B)/P. pavonica (B)/C. officinalis (B) EtOH MIC (>1.25/>2.5/>2.5/>10/>1.25/>1.25/>5) I/Re/I/Re/I/I/Re [50]
C. nodosa (G)/H. tuna (G)/C. barbata (G)/C. bursa (G) MeOH Re [51]
Oedogonium sp. (G) MeOH/EtOH NI [72]
Stigeoclonium sp. (G) Re/I
Ulothrix sp. (G) Re
Nitzschia sp. (G) Re/I
E. prolifera (G) EtAc MIC (1.0 × 103) [81]
P. pavonica (B) PeEt MIC (1.25 × 103)
C. prolifera (G)/H. esperi (R) MeOH MIC (0.6/0.5) I [75]
U. reticulata (G) H2O S [128]
U. rigida (G) Hex/CHCl3/EtOAc/ButOH/H2O/Hex/CHCl3/EtOAc/ButOH/H2O NI/NI/Re/Re/Re/I/I/Re/NI/NI [45]
Ulva fasciata (G)/Chaetomorpha antennina (G)/Caula anthus okamurai (R)/Ahnfeltiopsis masudai (R)/P. hainanensis (R)/Sargassum hemiphyllum (R)/Sargassum vachellianum (R)/Pachydictyon coriaceum (B) EtOH Re/Re/Re/Re/Re/I/I/Re [29]
L. brandenii (R) CHCl3/MeOH I [63]
G. ornata (R) MeOH Re [64]
Gracilaria sp. (R) PolySA/MeOH NI [65]
L. papillosa (R) EtOH/MOH/AcO Re [62]
G. corticata (R)/G. edulis (R) MeOH/DMSO Re [61]
H. musciformis (R)/S. filamentosa (R)/S. lomentaria (B)/P. pavonica (B)/C. mediterranea (B) MeOH Re [54]
A. fragilis (R)/L. papillosa (R)/S. cinereum (R)/C. myrica (B)/H. cuneiformis (B)/T. turbinata (B) DMSO Re [52]
H. flagelliformis (R) DCM/MeOH Re [73]
C. myrica (B) NI
S. boveanum (B) NI
R. confervoides (R)/U. lactuca (G)/C. tamariscifolia (B)/P. pavonica (B) MeOH I [60]
L. complanata (R)/Grateloupia sp. (R)/G. corticata (R)/Halymenia sp. (R)/Spyridia sp. (R)/Metamastophora sp. (R)/Calloseris sp. (R)/N. fraxinifolia (R) MeOH Re [77]
P. gymnospora (B) H2O MIC (500 × 103) [132]
Sargassum oligocystum (B) Hot H2O MIC (3.18) [129]
E. bicyclis (B) MeOH/Hex/DCM/EtAc/BuOH MIC (1.02/256/512/128 × 103/512 × 103) Re [121]
C. trinodis (B) DIEt:EtOH:Hex MIC (1.031) [49]
S. vulgare (B) EtAc Re [130]
D. membranacea (B) H2O/DCM/EtAc Re [59]
E. cava (B) EtOH/n-Hex/DCM/EtAc/n-BuOH/H2O MIC (500 × 103/nd/nd/250 × 103/nd/nd) [109]
C. barbata (B) EtOH Re [70]
B. bifurcata (B) MeOH/DCM Re/NI [53]
D. dichotoma (B)/P. pavonia (B)/S. vulgare (B) AcO MIC (1.25/1.25/2.5) [41]
F. vesiculosus (B) EtOH IC50: (1.25) [43]
S. japonica (B) CO2 MIC (3) [44]
D. membranacea (B) MeOH:DCM/EtOH/AcO Re/S/S [28]
H. elongata (B) Hex/EtOH/H2O MBC (8.25/7.00/13.0) [21]
H. cuneiformis (B)/S. ilicifolium (B)/S. incisifolium (B)/Sargassum sp. (B)/T. conoides (B)/T. decurrens (B)/T. ornata (B) MeOH Re [76]
F. serratus (B)/F. vesiculosus (B) H2O/MeOH/AcO/EtAc I [131]

Seaweed information: (G)—green algae (Chlorophytes); (R)—red algae (Rhodophytes); (B)—brown algae (Phaeophyta); nd—not determined. Solvents: AcO—acetone; EtOH—ethanol; MeOH—methanol; DCM—dichloromethane; EtAc—ethylacetate; H2O—water; Hex—hexane; CO2—carbon dioxide; DMSO—dimethilsulfoxide; CHCl3—chloroform; BuOH—butanol; PeEt—petroleum ether; DIEt—diethyl ether; PolySA—polysaccharides agar; f—fraction. Agar diffusion: Re—resistant ≤ 14 mm; I—intermediate 15–19 mm; S—susceptible ≥ 20 mm [32]; NI—no inhibition.