Table 2.
Zone of inhibition produced by the MESVM at different concentrations.
| Test Bacteria |
Zone of Inhibition Diameter (mm) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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MESVM |
Standard (Tetracycline) | ||||
| 10000 μg/mL | 1000 μg/mL | 100 μg/mL | 10 μg/mL | 30 μg/mL/disc | |
| Gram Positive Bacteria | |||||
| Bacillus subtilis | – | – | – | – | 26 ± 0.21 |
| Staphylococcus aureus | 15.42 ± 0.13*** | 6 ± 0.67*** | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 30 ± 0.67 |
| Gram Negative Bacteria | |||||
| Escherichia coli | 12 ± 0.14*** | 5.3 ± 0.12*** | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 29 ± 0.15 |
Values are shown as means of triplicates (n = 3) ± SEM. *** indicates statistically high significance (P < 0.001) compared to the standard.