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Table 4 Susceptibility of bacteria to plant extracts - MBCs (μg/ml) of methanol extracts vs chloramphenicol

From: Antibacterial activities of the methanol extracts of ten Cameroonian vegetables against Gram-negative multidrug-resistant bacteria

Bacteria strains

A. hybridus

V. hymenolepis

L. sativa

L. capensis

S. edule

M. esculenta

Green bean (P. vulgaris)

C. pepo

S. nigrum

C. frutescens

Chloramphenicol1

E. coli

ATCC8739

-

-

-

-

1024

1024

-

512

-

-

64

ATCC10536

1024

-

-

-

-

-

-

1024

-

-

128

W3110

1024

512

256

-

512

-

-

512

-

-

-

MC4100

1024

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

AG100A

-

1024

512

-

-

512

-

-

-

-

-

AG100Atet

-

1024

512

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

AG102

-

-

512

1024

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

AG100

256

1024

-

1024

-

512

-

1024

-

-

-

E. aerogenes

-

-

-

 

-

   

512

  

ATCC13048

   

1024

 

1024

-

1024

 

-

128

EA294

-

-

-

-

-

1024

-

-

-

-

32

CM64

512

-

-

512

512

512

-

-

-

-

-

EA3

1024

512

1024

1024

-

512

-

1024

1024

-

-

EA298

512

1024

1024

-

1024

256

-

256

512

-

-

EA27

-

-

-

-

-

512

-

-

-

-

-

EA289

-

1024

-

512

1024

512

-

-

-

-

-

K. pneumoniae-

ATCC11296

-

-

-

1024

-

-

-

256

1024

-

64

KP55

1024

-

-

-

1024

1024

-

1024

512

-

128

KP63

512

512

-

-

-

-

-

512

1024

-

-

K2

1024

-

-

1024

-

-

-

-

-

-

256

K24

-

-

-

-

1024

-

-

512

-

-

512

P. aeruginosa

PA01

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

256

PA124

-

1024

-

1024

-

-

-

1024

512

-

-

P. stuartii

ATCC29916

-

256

-

1024

1024

1024

-

1024

512

-

128

NAE16

-

-

512

-

1024

-

-

1024

-

-

256

PS2636

512

 

1024

1024

-

1024

-

512

-

-

-

PS299645

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

E. cloacae

BM47

-

1024

512

-

-

-

-

-

1024

-

-

ECCI69

1024

512

-

1024

512

1024

-

1024

512

-

-

BM67

512

1024

-

1024

1024

1024

-

1024

-

-

-

  1. The results are shown as average values from three separate experiments.
  2. (−) MBC > 1024 μg/ml.
  3. 1 - chloramphenicol was used as a reference antibiotic.