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Table 4 Antimicrobial activities of EPS and slime track samples from Phy. oblonga and Ph. polycephalum

From: Biological activities and chemical compositions of slime tracks and crude exopolysaccharides isolated from plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum and Physarella oblonga

Microorganism

Inhibition zone (mm)

Antibiotics

POS

POP

PPS

PPP

B. cereus

19.75 ± 0.23

–

–

–

–

S. aureus

23.00 ± 0.41

–

12.75 ± 0.28

–

10.05 ± 0.40

E. coli

18.50 ± 0.35

–

–

–

–

S. typhi

16.78 ± 0.52

–

–

–

8.30 ± 0.12

C. albicans

32.00 ± 0.22

–

20.05 ± 0.36

–

23.00 ± 0.28

  1. D diameter of inhibition zone; −: No inhibition observed (D < 10 mm); +: 10 < D < 15 mm; ++: 15 < D < 20 mm; +++: D > 20 mm
  2. POS and POP are slime track and EPS samples from Phy. oblonga, whereas PPS and PPP are slime track and EPS samples from Ph. polycephalum
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