International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 2 Number 10 (2013) pp. 188-194

Assessment of antimicrobial potential of endophytic bacteria isolated from Rhizophora mucronata

Anu C.Jose1* and Priscilla Helen Christy2

1Department of Veterinary Public Health, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Kerala, India 2CMS College of Science and Commerce, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

ABSTRACT

The present study was carried out to find out the antimicrobial activity of endophytic bacteria isolated from Rhizophora mucronata. A total of 26 endophytic bacterial strains were identified from the tissues of plant. Of them, 5 strains showed broad-spectrum of antimicrobial activity against fungal and bacterial pathogens and were identified as genus of Serratia, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Micrococcus and Enterobacter through biochemical characterization.

Keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Rhizophora mucronata; bacterial strains.