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Table 2 Zones of inhibition (mm) produced by each of the eight EPS for secondary screening

From: Phylogenetics and antibacterial properties of exopolysaccharides from marine bacteria isolated from Mauritius seawater

 

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Enterococcus faecalis

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Streptococcus agalactiae

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Acinetobacter sp.

Campylobacter jejuni

EPS extract

  E5

7.8 ± 0.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.4 ± 0.4

0.0

0.0

  E15

10.0 ± 0.1

11.3 ± 0.2

9.4 ± 0.2

7.4 ± 0.3

0.0

0.0

9.5 ± 0.1

  E16

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

  E18

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

  E19

0.0

0.0

7.5 ± 0.1

0.0

7.4 ± 0.2

0.0

0.0

  E20

0.0

0.0

8.8 ± 0.1

0.0

7.4 ± 0.3

0.0

8.3 ± 0.1

  E26

7.5 ± 0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

7.6 ± 0.3

0.0

  E37

8.8 ± 0.2

0.0

7.8 ± 0.1

0.0

7.6 ± 0.1

0.0

7.5 ± 0.2

  1. Values for zone of inhibition shown as diameter (in millimetres) ± standard deviation