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Table 1 Antimicrobial activity of isolates against the test microorganisms employed

From: Antibiotic producing microorganisms from River Wiwi, Lake Bosomtwe and the Gulf of Guinea at Doakor Sea Beach, Ghana

Producers

 

Mean zones of growth-inhibition(mm) of test organisms(±SEM)

PA

BT

BS

EF

SA

PV

SAI 19

Ac

14 ± 1.12

16 ± 0.11

15 ± 0.41

11 ± 0.21

14 ± 2.0

15 ± 0.21

SAI 22

Ac

-

-

11 ± 3.05

14 ± 2.22

11 ± 0.07

12 ± 1.20

SAI 20

Br

-

11 ± 0.66

-

11 ± 0.02

-

13 ± 0.10

SAI 28

Br

-

12 ± 2.12

-

13 ± 0.01

-

11 ± 2.07

SAI 29

Ac

-

14 ± 0.31

13 ± 0.77

14 ± 0.73

-

-

SAI 18

Br

-

12 ± 1.11

-

12 ± 1.27

-

12 ± 1.16

SAI 9

Br

-

10 ± 1.54

-

-

-

-

SAI 12

Br

-

12 ± 0.97

-

-

-

12 ± 0.16

SAI 36

Ac

-

13 ± 0.76

13 ± 0.76

14 ± 0.46

14 ± 1.17

12 ± 0.55

SAI 31

Ac

-

12 ± 3.27

-

11 ± 3.09

-

-

SAI 32

Fg

-

12 ± 0.09

11 ± 0.83

12 ± 2.39

13 ± 0.09

12 ± 1.43

SAI 35

Br

-

14 ± 0.04

14 ± 0.98

14 ± 4.01

12 ± 2.17

12 ± 2.44

SAI 23

Br

-

-

-

-

-

12 ± 0.26

SAI 5

Fg

-

-

11 ± 0.45

-

-

11 ± 0.15

WEI 3

Ac

-

14 ± 1.22

14 ± 0.11

15 ± 1.44

15 ± 0.11

13 ± 0.03

WEI 7

Br

-

11 ± 4.11

-

12 ± 0.33

12 ± 0.43

-

WEI 13

Fg

-

11 ± 0.23

-

13 ± 0.76

-

11 ± 3.27

WEI 14

Ac

-

14 ± 2.91

13 ± 3.23

16 ± 1.28

13 ± 4.30

13 ± 1.30

WEI 16

Br

-

-

-

11 ± 2.99

-

-

WEI 19

Br

-

-

-

10 ± 1.19

-

-

BS 1

Ac

13 ± 4.09

14 ± 5.10

15 ± 1.22

12 ± 0.61

13 ± 2.99

14 ± 0.91

BS 8

Br

-

-

-

-

-

17 ± 2.07

BS 26

Fg

-

-

13 ± 0.22

15 ± 0.09

-

-

MAI 1

Br

-

20 ± 0.11

17 ± 0.26

22 ± 1.40

20 ± 0.18

17 ± 0.99

MAI 2

Br

-

24 ± 1.16

26 ± 2.33

22 ± 2.14

-

25 ± 3.17

MAI 3

Br

-

-

20 ± 2.19

22 ± 0.49

-

-

MAI 4

Ac

-

-

-

15 ± 0.87

-

-

  1. Key: Ac = Actinomycetes, Br = Bacteria, Fg = fungi, PA = P. aeruginosa, EF = E. faecalis, BT = B. thuringensis, SA = Staph aureus, BS = B. Subtilis, PV = Pr. vulgaris. SAI = Sand isolates from River Wiwi, WEI = weed isolates from River Wiwi, MAI = marine isolates, BS = isolates from Lake Bosomtwe.