Microbial cultures
Eight bacterial strains (Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923), Bacillus subtilis (MTCC 441),
Pseudomonas aeruginosa( ATCC 27853), Aeromonoas hydrophila, Streptococcus pyogenes,
Vibrio fischeri, Klebsiella pneumonia (ATCC 15380), Escherichia coli (ATCC 25922) and
one fungal strain Candida albicans (MTCC 227) were used for antimicrobial activities. (All
the bacterial and fungal strains were clinical isolates, obtained from the Madras Medical
College, Chennai).