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Table 3 Antimicrobial activity (zone of inhibition) of the isolated endophytic fungi

From: Antimicrobial, antioxidant, and cytotoxic properties of endophytic fungi isolated from Thysanolaena maxima Roxb., Dracaena spicata Roxb. and Aglaonema hookerianum Schott.

Microorganisms

Pestalotia sp. (TMFE-1)

Colletotrichum sp. (TMFE-2)

Colletotrichum sp.

(TMFE-3)

Colletotrichum sp.

(TMLE-2)

Fusarium sp. (TMLE-3)

Fusarium sp. (DSLE-1)

Fusarium sp. (DSLE-2)

Fusarium sp. (DSLE-4)

Fusarium sp. (DSBE-1)

Fusarium sp. (AHPE-3)

Fusarium sp. (AHPE-4)

Colletotrichum sp. (AHLE-1)

Colletotrichum sp. (AHLE-4)

Kanamycin

Ketoconazole

100 µg/disc

30 µg/disc

Gram-positive bacteria

Bacillus megaterium

10.3 ± 0.4

  

10.6 ± 0.4

8.8 ± 0.6

10.6 ± 0.4

  

10.3 ± 0.4

9.5 ± 0.4

13.5 ± 0.4

  

30.6 ± 0.4

ND

Bacillus subtilis

   

11.3 ± 0.4

10.6 ± 0.2

9.6 ± 0.4

  

12.5 ± 0.4

 

15.5 ± 0.4

  

34.5 ± 0.4

ND

Staphylococcus aureus

11 ± 0.8

  

9.6 ± 0.4

10.6 ± 0.4

13.5 ± 0.4

  

10.6 ± 0.2

 

14.6 ± 0.4

  

32 ± 0.0

ND

Bacillus cereus

9.6 ± 0.4

  

11.6 ± 0.4

13.5 ± 0.4

10.8 ± 0.6

  

8.8 ± 0.6

 

12.8 ± 0.4

  

31.5 ± 0.4

ND

Gram-negative bacteria

Escherichia coli

8.8 ± 0.6

  

10.6 ± 0.4

12.8 ± 0.6

12.8 ± 0.6

  

13.5 ± 0.4

9 ± 0.0

14.3 ± 0.4

 

13.5 ± 0.4

33.8 ± 0.2

ND

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

9.5 ± 0.4

  

7.6 ± 0.4

11 ± 0.8

11.6 ± 0.4

  

12.8 ± 0.6

9.3 ± 0.2

12.8 ± 0.6

  

35.3 ± 0.4

ND

Salmonella typhi

   

12.5 ± 0.4

 

9.6 ± 0.4

    

15.1 ± 0.2

  

35 ± 0.4

ND

Vibrio mimicus

   

10.8 ± 0.6

 

11.3 ± 0.4

    

12.0 ± 0.0

  

31.6 ± 0.4

ND

Shigella boydii

     

11 ± 0.8

    

12.1 ± 0.2

  

17.3 ± 0.4

ND

Shigella dysenteriae

     

10.6 ± 0.4

    

11.3 ± 0.4

  

19.5 ± 0.4

ND

Fungi

Aspergillus flavus

             

ND

43.3 ± 0.4

Aspergillus niger

        

13.3 ± 0.2

9 ± 0.0

10.8 ± 0.6

  

ND

41 ± 0.8

  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD; n = 3; ‘-’ means no activity; ND = Not done; Codes in the parentheses represent internal strain nos. of the fungal endophytes.