Evaluationn of Antibacterial Activity of Macromitrium sulcatum (Hook.) Brid. an In vitro Study

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Evaluationn of Antibacterial Activity of Macromitrium sulcatum (Hook.) Brid. an In vitro Study

B.L. Chaudhary and Prem Kumar

Bryology Laboratory, Department of Botany, University College of Science, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur – 313 001, India.

J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2009;3(1):231-234

Received: 06/04/2008 | Accepted: 15/08/2008 | Published: 30/04/2009

Abstract

The present study revealed with an antimicrobial screening of Macromitrium sulcatum (Hook.) Brid. collected from Bhimashankar, Pune district of Maharashtra. The plants were extracted in acetone, benzene, methanol and ethanol evaluated against two microorganisms viz. Bacillus cereus Frankland & Frankland and Enterobacter aerogenes Hormaeche & Edwards by Agar well diffusion method. Among the extracts tested both bacterial strains were found most sensitive.

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Antibacterial activity, Macromitrium sulcatum (Hook.) Brid., In vitro

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