Antimicrobial activity of two wild mushrooms Clitocybe alexandri (Gill.) Konr. and Rhizopogon roseolus (Corda) T.M. Fries collected from Turkey
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2006
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Two edible wild mushrooms, namely Clitocybe alexandri (Gill.) Konr. (Tricholomataceae) and Rhizopogon roseolus (Corda) T.M. Fries (Rhizopogonaceae), collected from the southwest of Turkey, were tested for their antimicrobial activity by using the disc diffusion method. The ethanol, methanol, diethyl ether, water, ethylacetate and n-hexane extracts from the fruit bodies of mushrooms were assayed against 13 microorganisms. In comparison with the test antibiotics penicillin, novobiocin, nalidixic acid and ampicillin, the methanol extract obtained from the two mushrooms presented significant activity against E. coli, Bacillus subtilis and Enterobacter aerogenes. On the other hand, the ethylacetate extract from C. alexandri was found to be active against Candida albicans and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, whereas the ethanol extract of Rhizopogon roseolus was active against Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This research has shown that various extracts obtained from two macrofungi could be used in vitro to inhibit the growth of some important bacteria and fungi. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Agaricales , Anti-Infective Agents , Bacteria , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Turkey , Yeasts , Bacillus subtilis , Bacteria (microorganisms) , Basidiomycota , Candida albicans , Clitocybe , Enterobacter aerogenes , Escherichia coli , Fungi , Rhizopogon roseolus , Rhizopogonaceae , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Tricholomataceae , acetic acid ethyl ester , alcohol , ampicillin , Clitocybe alexandri extract , ether , hexane , methanol , microbial products not classified elsewhere , nalidixic acid , novobiocin , penicillin G , Rhizopogon roseolus extract , water , antimicrobial activity , article , Bacillus cereus , Bacillus subtilis , Candida albicans , Clitocybe alexandri , controlled study , edible mushroom , Enterobacter aerogenes , Escherichia coli , Klebsiella pneumoniae , Micrococcus luteus , nonhuman , Pseudomonas fluorescens , Rhizopogon roseolus , Saccharomyces cerevisiae , Salmonella typhimurium , Serratia marcescens , Staphylococcus aureus , Turkey (republic)