Table 3. Inhibition diameter of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of the different sponge species on the five strains (mm).
| Extracts sponges and controls |
Extract
solvent |
Strains | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gram + | Gram - | |||||
| S. aureus | B. cereus | S. saprophyticus | E. coli | P. aeruginosa | ||
| Ampicillin (T+) | 46 ± 1 | – | 40 ± 1 | 26 ± 0 | – | |
| Chloramphenicol (T+) | – | 25 ± 0 | – | – | – | |
| Fosfomycin (T+) | – | – | – | – | 17.5 ± 0.71 | |
| (H2O) T1- | A | R | R | R | R | R |
| (EtOH) T2- | E | R | R | R | R | R |
| A. clathrodes | A | R | R | R | R | R |
| E | 10.66 ± 0.58 | R | 9.5 ± 0.5 | R | R | |
| D. anchorata | A | R | R | R | R | R |
| E | R | R | R | R | R | |
| V. rigida | A | R | R | R | R | R |
| E | R | R | R | R | R | |
Notes.
- A
- aqueous extract
- E
- ethanolic extract
- R
- resistant
- -
- not used for this strain