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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) of the ethanol extracts exhibiting the highest inhibition percentage

From: Antibacterial activity of Nepalese wild mushrooms against Staphylococcus aureus and Propionibacterium acnes

Scientific name

S. aureus

P. acnes

MIC (µg/mL)

MBC (µg/mL)

MIC (µg/mL)

MBC (µg/mL)

Inonotus andersonii

200

200

200

200

Inonotus clemensiae

100

100

100

200

Inonotus cuticularis

200

200

Inonotus sp. 2

400

nd

Cyclomyces setiporus 3

400

nd

Postia stiptica

100

200

Mucidula mucida.

250

400

Gymnopus sp.

200

nd

Xylobolus princeps 2

200

nd

Xylobolus princeps 3

400

nd

Pseudomerulius curtisii

100

200

200

400

Cantharellus ferruginascens

100

400

Sorbic acid

350

nd

Benzalkonium chloride

10

20

  1. S. aureus, Staphylococcus aureus; P. acnes, Propionibacterium acnes; MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; MBC, minimum bactericidal concentration; nd, MBC was not detected; –, MIC and MBC were not investigated for the particular bacterial species