ISSN: 0973-7510

E-ISSN: 2581-690X

Mohamed Z.M. Salem1, Mohamed S. El-Shikh2 and Hayssam M. Ali2,3
1Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Faculty of Agriculture (EL-Shatby),
Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
2Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
3Department of Timber Trees Research, Sabahia Horticulture Research Station, Horticulture Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Alexandria, Egypt.
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2014;8(5):3865-3870
© The Author(s). 2014
Received: 08/08/2014 | Accepted: 22/09/2014 | Published: 31/10/2014
Abstract

In the present study the methanol extract of stem bark of Schinus terebinthifolius was evaluated at different concentration (4000, 2000, 1000 and 500 µg/mL) against the growth of some plant and human pathogenic bacteria namely; Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Ralstonia solanacearum, Erwinia amylovora and Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum using the Kirby-Bauer disc diffusion susceptibility test. The methanol stem bark extract presented a moderate activity against the studies bacterial pathogens B. subtilis, E. coli and R. solanacearum, where other bacterial strains (E. amylovora and P. carotovorum subsp. carotovorum) were showed resistances to the methanol extract.

Keywords

Schinus terebinthifolius, Methanol extract, Stem bark, Antibacterial activity

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