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Antibacterial activity in marine algae Eucheuma denticulatum against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes


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Al-Haj, Nagi Ahmed and Mashan, Nurmas Izaty and Shamsudin, Mariana Nor and Mohamad, Habsah and Vairappan, Charles S. and Sekawi, Zamberi (2009) Antibacterial activity in marine algae Eucheuma denticulatum against Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes. Research Journal of Biological Sciences, 4 (4). pp. 519-524. ISSN 1815-8846; ESSN: 1993-6087

Abstract

The in vitro antibacterial activities of seaweed belong to Euchema denticulatum extract showed inhibitory activity only on gram positive organisms tested including Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus pyogenes, which were expressed in terms of minimum inhibitory concentration and minimum bactericidal concentration test. Thus, gram negative pathogens tested including Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa showed resistant phenotypic pattern to both extracts. Results of the present study confirmed the potential use of seaweed extract as a source of antibacterial compounds.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Publisher: Medwell Journals
Keywords: Seaweed; Antimicrobial resistance; Infectious disease; Disc diffusion; Minimal inhibitory concentrations; Minimal bactericidal concentrations; Malaysia
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 07 Jun 2015 02:27
Last Modified: 18 Nov 2015 08:07
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13129
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