Table 1 Preliminary antimicrobial testing of mushroom extracts through determination of zone of inhibition (mm ± SD)*

Staphylococcus aureus

13.5 ± 0.1

16 ± 0.2

14 ± 0.2

25 ± 0.2

Bacillus subtilis

14 ± 0.2

17 ± 0.2

16 ± 0.2

24 ± .01

Escherichia coli

11 ± 0

14 ± 0.1

12.5 ± 0.1

24 ± .01

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

7 ± 0.2

12 ± 0.2

9 ± 0.2

20 ± 0.1

Salmonella typhi

11.5 ± 0.3

15 ± 0.1

12.5 ± 0.1

20 ± 0.1

Klebsiella pneumoniae

9.7 ± .02

13 ± 0.1

11.5 ± 0.3

24 ± 0.1

Candida albicans

13.5 ± 0.1

18 ± 0.2

16 ± 0.2

25 ± 0.3

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

15 ± 0.2

20 ± 0.1

18 ± 0.2

30 ± 0.3