Biofilm-Inhibitory Activity of Wild Mushroom Extracts against Pathogenic Bacteria
Table 7
Effect of T. versicolor extracts on the growth of planktonic bacterial cells.
Bacteria
Optical density of the test and the negative control bacteria at 620 nm
Chloroform
NC
70% ethanol
NC
Hot water
NC
P. aeruginosa
0.20 ± 0.00
0.20 ± 0.00
0.10 ± 0.01
0.10 ± 0.00
0.10±0.02
0.20±0.00
E. coli
0.20±0.01
0.30±0.00
0.20 ± 0.01
0.20 ± 0.00
0.20 ± 0.00
0.20 ± 0.00
S. aureus
0.30 ± 0.01
0.30 ± 0.01
0.10±0.02
0.20±0.00
0.20±0.01
0.30±0.00
NC: negative control; all extracts were tested at 250 μg/mL. The significance of the bold values is to indicate that all extracts have shown promising results against all bacteria even beyond the negative control.
