Antimicrobial activities of endophytic fungi obtained from the arid zone invasive plant Opuntia dillenii and the isolation of equisetin, from endophytic Fusarium sp.

Table 1 Antibacterial activities of the crude extracts of endophytic fungi isolated from O. dillenii at 200 μg/disc

Sample	Plant part used for the isolation		Diameter of the inhibition zone (mm)
Sample		S. aureus	MRSA	B. subtilis	E. coli	P. aeruginosa
I1	leaf	9	-	15	7	-
I2	flower	14	14	21	-	-
I3	leaf	-	-	11	-	9
I4	leaf	-	-	11	-	-
I5	leaf	-	-	-	-	9
I6	flower	8	-	12	-	-
I7	leaf	-	-	-	9	-
I8	leaf	-	-	-	-	-
+Ve		35	35	28	20	20
-Ve		-	-	-	-	-

+Ve control - Polymyxin B (30 μg/disc) for P. aeruginosa, E. coli and B. subtilis, Rifamycin (10 μg/disc) for S. aureus, MRSA and Amphotericin B (20 μg/disc) for C. albicans. -Ve control – Methanol

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