Table 2 Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of Monamotsho ( M. serata ) root extracts against human pathogenic bacteria

Acetenobacter Calcoaceticus anitratus CSIR

-

6.25

0.78

1.56

0.39

Aeromonas hydrophila

-

3.13

0.39

0.78

0.09

Bacillus pumilis ATCC 14884

+

6.25

0.78

1.56

0.39

Enterobacter faecalis KZN

-

3.13

0.78

1.56

0.78

Escherichia coli ATCC

-

12.50

0.78

3.13

0.78

Klebsiella pneumoniae

-

6.25

0.78

3.13

0.78

Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13047

-

1.56

0.39

1.56

0.19

Listeria spp

+

1.56

0.39

1.56

0.09

Plesiomonas shigelloides

-

3.13

0.39

1.56

0.39

Proteus vulgaris CSIR 0030

-

3.13

0.78

3.13

0.78

Proteus. vulgaris ATCC 6830

-

3.13

0.19

0.39

0.09

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

-

1.56

0.39

1.56

0.09

Salmonella typhi

-

6.25

0.39

1.56

0.09

Salmonella typhimurium

-

0.78

0.39

0.78

0.09

Shigella flexneri KZN

-

12.50

0.78

3.13

1.56

Shigella sonnei ATCC 29930

-

6.25

0.78

1.56

0.78

Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538

+

6.25

0.78

3.13

0.78

Staphylococcus aureus OK2a

+

6.25

0.78

1.56

0.09

Staphylococcus aureus OK2b

+

12.50

1.56

3.13

0.78

Streptococcus faecalis

+

3.13

0.39

1.56

0.09