Research Article

Antimicrobial Potential and Phytochemical Screening of Clathria sp. 1 and Tedania (Tedania) stylonychaeta Sponge Crude Extracts Obtained from the South East Coast of South Africa

Table 2

Antimicrobial activity of ethyl acetate derived crude extracts from marine sponges collected during spring against selected bacterial and fungal species.

Microbial speciesSponge speciesEthyl acetate

Zone of inhibition at various concentrations (mm)
24 mg/ml19 mg/ml14.4 mg/ml9.6 mg/ml7.2 mg/ml
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)Clathria sp. 1
Tedania (Tedania) stylonychaeta
Pseudomonas aeruginosaClathria sp. 1
Tedania (Tedania) stylonychaeta00
Clostridium difficileClathria sp. 100
Tedania (Tedania) stylonychaeta
Aspergillus fumigatusClathria sp. 1
Tedania (Tedania) stylonychaeta00000
Candida albicansClathria sp. 1
Tedania (Tedania) stylonychaeta