Table 3.
Antimicrobial activities for the ethanolic extracts of different wild mushroom strains by using a well diffusion method
| Pathogenic microbial strains | The diameter of inhibition zone (mm)* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentamycin (10 μg/well) | Bjerkandera adusta (MN602043) | Cyclocybe cylindracea (MN646676) | Agrocybe aegerita (MN635615) | Chlorophyllum molybdites (MN638772) | Lentinus squarrosulus (MN602044) | ||
| Gram-positive bacteria | Streptococcus pneumoniae | 10.0 ± 0.00 | 17.0 ± 0.20 | 20.0 ± 0.29 | - | 12.0 ± 0.33 | 15.0 ± 0.10 |
| Staphylococcus aureus ATCC25923 | 8.0 ± 0.00 | 15.0 ± 0.10 | 13.0 ± 0.12 | - | - | - | |
| Micrococcus luteus | 9.0 ± 0.00 | 22.0 ± 0.10 | 14.0 ± 0.22 | - | - | - | |
| Gram-negative bacteria | Escherichia coli ATCC25922 | 2.0 ± 0.00 | 12.0 ± 0.30 | 17.0 ± 0.20 | 2.0 ± 0.00 | - | - |
| Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 7853 | 10.0 ± 0.00 | 10.0 ± 0.52 | 17.0 ± 0.00 | 2.0 ± 0.00 | 10.0 ± 0.41 | 20.0 ± 0.22 | |
| Proteus mirabilis | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Yeast | Candida albicans ATCC1031 | - | 12.0 ± 011 | 14.0 ± 0.00 | - | - | - |
Values for the zone of growth inhibition (measured as the diameter of the clear zone around the well) are means ± SD of three independent replicas. The diameter of the well (5 mm) is included
“-” indicates no inhibition