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Table 9 Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentrations (MBC) of extracts on bacterial isolates from RTE foods sold in Akure metropolis

From: Evaluation of antioxidant, phytochemicals and antibacterial potential of Mormordica charantia (Linn) against pathogenic bacteria isolated from ready to eat food sold in Akure Metropolis, Nigeria

Isolate

Ethanol extracts

Water extracts

MIC (mg/ml)

MBC (mg/ml)

MIC (mg/ml)

MBC (mg/ml)

Salmonella enterica subsp enterica

50

50

50

50

Enterobacter sakzakii

25

50

25

25

Escherichia vulneris

25

25

-

-

Pectobacterium carotovorum

25

25

25

25

Escherichia coli

50

50

25

25

Serratia liquefaciens

50

50

100

100

Enteric group 69

50

50

50

100

Enterobacter nimipressuralis

25

50

25

25

klebsiella pnuemoniae

25

25

25

25

Citrobacter freundii

50

50

50

100

Salmonella typhi

50

50

25

50

Kluyveria intermedia

-

-

-

-

Enterococcus casseliflavus

50

100

50

50

Staphylococcus heamolyticus

25

25

25

25

Kocuria varians

25

25

25

25

Bacillus cereus

50

50

25

25

Staphylococcus aureus

25

25

25

25

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

50

50

50

100