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Antibacterial Activity of Extracts from Some Bryophytes

2012

The antimicrobial activity of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of 11 Bryophyta species and 9 Marchantiophyta species collected in Latvia was tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus. The extract of Lophocolea heterophylla inhibited the growth of B. cereus, but none of the tested extracts inhibited the growth of E. coli. 70% of bryophyte species demonstrated certain activity in relation to S. aureus. In general, 73% of ethanolic extracts and 39% of aqueous extracts exhibited antibacterial activity against S. aureus. The highest degree of antibacterial activity against S. aureus was shown by the ethanolic extract of Dicranum scoparium and aqueous extracts of At…

Dicranum scopariumbiologyTraditional medicineChemistryBacillus cereusGeneral MedicineFrullania dilatatabiology.organism_classificationAntimicrobialmedicine.disease_causeCereusStaphylococcus aureusRhytidiadelphus squarrosusmedicineAntibacterial activityAdvances in Microbiology
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