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<Journal>
<Journal-Info>
<name>International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences</name>
<website>ijpbs.net</website>
<email>editorijpbs@rediffmail.com (or) editorofijpbs@yahoo.com (or) prasmol@rediffmail.com</email>
</Journal-Info>
<article>
<article-id pub-id-type='other'>10.22376/ijpbs.2019.10.1.p1-12</article-id>
<issue_number>Volume 8 Issue 1</issue_number>
<issue_period>2017 (January - March)</issue_period>
<title><b>Screening of <i>entoloma </i></b><b><i>speculum </i>for Antimicrobial properties</b></title>
<abstract>The study deals with the antimicrobial activity  lessThan i greaterThan Entoloma speculum lessThan /i greaterThan , a saprophytic, white fleshy fungi. The pileus varies from 5-10 cm in diameter, stalk being 2-10 cm long, gills are light pink. The antimicrobial activity of different solvent extracts of  lessThan i greaterThan E speculum lessThan /i greaterThan  against  lessThan i greaterThan Xanthomonas campestris lessThan /i greaterThan ,  lessThan i greaterThan Agrobacterium tumefaciens lessThan /i greaterThan ,  lessThan i greaterThan Klebsiella pneumonia, Escherihia coli lessThan /i greaterThan ,  lessThan i greaterThan Candida albicans, Penicillium chrysogenum, Asperillus flavous  lessThan /i greaterThan and  lessThan i greaterThan Aspergillus niger  lessThan /i greaterThan was tested in three concentration 100%, 50% and 25%. The methanol extract showed maximum activity in all the concentration, followed by chloroform. The petroleum ether showed least inhibition in 50% (9mm) and 25% (7mm).  lessThan i greaterThan Pseudomonas aeruginosa  lessThan /i greaterThan (37mm),  lessThan i greaterThan Klebsiella pneumonia  lessThan /i greaterThan (34mm) and  lessThan i greaterThan Staphylococcus aureus  lessThan /i greaterThan (15mm) were maximum inhibited pathogens by methanol chloroform and petroleum ether extracts respectively. The  lessThan i greaterThan E. speculum lessThan /i greaterThan  inhibited bacteria greater than fungi. The GCMS analysis of methanol extract showed the presence of 1, 2-Benzenediol, which may be responsible for activity of methanol extract against pathogens.</abstract>
<authors>JAYASHREE K.K. AND KRISHNAPPA M</authors>
<keywords>Entoloma speculum, antibacterial, human pathogens, Klebsiella pneumonia, Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry</keywords>
<pages>289-293</pages>
</article>
</Journal>
