title: Antibacterial activity of Mediterranean Oyster mushrooms, species of genus Pleurotus (higher Basidiomycetes).
abstract: Extracts of the Mediterranean culinary-medicinal Oyster mushrooms Pleurotus eryngii var. eryngii, P. eryngii var. ferulae, P. eryngii var. elaeoselini, and P. nebrodensis were tested for their in vitro growth inhibitory activity against a group of bacterial reference strains of medical relevance: Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, S. epidermidis RP62A, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 15442, and Escherichia coli ATCC10536. All of the Pleurotus species analyzed inhibited the tested microorganisms in varying degrees. The data included in this paper for P. nebrodensis and P. eryngii var. elaeoselinii are new reports.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche, Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Universita degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schillaci
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arizza
authors.forename: Maria Letizia
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Gargano
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Venturella
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001688:Biological Products / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects*; D020076:Pleurotus; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D001688:Biological Products