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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of volatile metabolite-producing Muscodor isolates

From: Existence of Muscodor vitigenus, M. equiseti and M. heveae sp. nov. in leaves of the rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis Müll.Arg.), and their biocontrol potential

Test microbes

Percent inhibition of microbial growth (viability) after exposure to different isolates of Muscodor

RTM5IV1

RTM5IV2

RTM5IV3

Gram positive bacteria

Bacillus cereus

100 (Dead)

0 (Alive)

100 (Alive)

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

0 (Alive)

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Micrococcus luteus

0 (Alive)

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213

100 (Dead)

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Gram negative bacteria

Enterobacter aerogenes

100 (Dead)

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Enterococcus faecalis

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

Escherichia coli ATCC 35218

0 (Alive)

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Klebsiella pneumoniae (ESBL+)

0 (Alive)

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Proteus mirabilis

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27859

0 (Alive)

0 (Alive)

0 (Alive)

Salmonella sp. Group D

0 (Alive)

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Yeast

Cryptococcus neoformans

100 (Dead)

0 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Filamentous fungi

Aspergillus flavus

100 (Alive)

98.4 ± 1.3 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Aspergillus niger

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum

39.8 ± 2.2 (Alive)

47.4 ± 1.5 (Alive)

62.8 ± 2.2 (Alive)

Ganoderma australe BCC22321

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

Phellinus noxius BCC26237

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

Phytophthora parasitica BCC15560

100 (Dead)

97.1 ± 1.3 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Rhizoctonia solani AG-2

100 (Alive)

71.1 ± 2.1 (Alive)

100 (Dead)

Rigidoporus microporus

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

100 (Dead)

  1. All tests were done in triplicate and repeated twice, the % inhibition is shown as the mean ± standard deviation (SD) while without SD refers to the absence of the mean difference