Table 4.
Antimicrobial activity of ethyl acetate crude extract of endophytic fungus Paecilomyces sp. (AUMC 15510) isolated from stem of C. monacantha in the agar diffusion assay.
| Extract | Inhibition zone diameter (mm) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. subtilis | S. aureus | E. coli | P. aeruginosa | C. albicans | A. niger | |
| PsEAE | 30.3 | 24.3 | 30.3 | 31.6 | 29.6 | 11.3 |
| Gentamicin* | 20.3 | 18.3 | 19.6 | 20.3 | ||
| Fluconazole* | 21.3 | 8.3 | ||||
PsEAE—ethyl acetate crude extract obtained from the culture filtrate of Paecilomyces sp. in PDB medium. Experiments were done in triplicates. Standard deviation value is ± 0.58 for all tested pathogens and control.
*Gentamicin and fluconazole were used as a positive control.