In Vitro Evaluation of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Extracts Obtained from Raw and Fermented Wild Macrofungus, Lenzites quercina
Table 4
Zones of inhibition of purified fractions against tested organisms at 2.0 mg/mL.
Indicator organisms
RPE
RCL
RMT
FPE
S. aureus (ATCC 29213)
18.0 ± 0.0
0.0
14.0 ± 0.0
0.0
E. coli (ATCC 35218)
15.0 ± 0.0
0.0
11.1 ± 0.2
0.0
P. aeruginosa (ATCC 27853)
0.0
11.0 ± 0.0
17.0 ± 0.0
0.0
S. flexneri (ATCC 12022)
0.0
0.0
8.0 ± 0.0
0.0
S. enterica (ATCC 33458)
6.3 ± 0.0
18.0 ± 0.0
0.0
0.0
B. subtilis (ATCC 6633)
0.0
0.0
10.0 ± 0.0
6.0 ± 0.0
E. aerogenes (ATCC 13043)
21.5 ± 0.02
0.0
0.0
8.0 ± 0.2
Shigella flexneri
0.0
0.0
10.0 ± 0.0
0.0
S. typhi
26.0 ± 0.0
0.0
18.0 ± 0.0
0.0
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
0.0
0.0
16.2 ± 0.6
0.0
Bacillus cereus
0.0
0.0
23.0 ± 0.0
11.0 ± 0.3
Enterococci faecalis
0.0
0.0
20.0 ± 0.0
0.0
E. coli
13.3 ± 0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
MRSA-1
0.0
0.0
19.0 ± 0.0
0.0
MRSA-2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
MRSA-3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
MRSA-4
10.2 ± 0.2
0.0
0.0
9.1 ± 0.23
MRSA-5
0.0
0.0
15.1 ± 0.3
0.0
MRSA-6
0.0
0.0
13.2 ± 0.1
0.0
S. aureus
22.0 ± 0.0
0.0
16.0 ± 0.0
0.0
Candida albicans
13.1 ± 0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
Aspergillus niger
20.0 ± 0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Aspergillus flavus
17.0 ± 0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Values are mean ± sd of replicates (). RPE: pet-ether fraction, RCL: chloroform fractions, RMT: methanol fraction, FPE: pet-ether fraction (fermented L. quercina), and 0.0: no zone of inhibition at 2.0 mg/mL.
