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Table 1 Antibacterial activity of C. parietis AUCs pigment extract

From: Production of bioactive β-carotene by the endophytic bacterium Citricoccus parietis AUCs with multiple in vitro biological potentials

Pathogenic bacteria

Inhibition zone (mm)

Positive control (ampicillin solution, 1 mg/mL)

Pigment extract (1 mg/mL in methanol)

Negative control (methanol)

Staphylococcus aureus

21 ± 1.5

19 ± 0.9

0.0 ± 0

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

18 ± 1.2

20 ± 1.5

0.0 ± 0

Klebsiella pneumonia

22 ± 1.5

17 ± 0.9

0.0 ± 0

Streptococcus agalactiae

25 ± 1.7

27 ± 1.5

0.0 ± 0

  1. Values are the means of three replicas ± standard errors