Antibacterial Activity of Extracts from Some Bryophytes英文文献资料.docVIP

Advances in Microbiology, 2012, 2, 345-353 /10.4236/aim.2012.23042 Published Online September 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/aim) Antibacterial Activity of Extracts from Some Bryophytes Vizma Nikolajeva 1* , Ligita Liepina 1 , Zaiga Petrina 1 , Guntra Krumina 1 , Mara Grube Faculty of Biology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia 2 , Indrikis Muiznieks 1 1 2 Email: vizma.nikolajeva@lu.lv * Received June 25, 2012; revised July 23, 2012; accepted August 4, 2012 ABSTRACT The antimicrobial activity of aqueous and ethanolic extracts of 11 Bryophyta species and 9 Marchantiophyta species collected in Latvia was tested against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Bacillus cereus. The extract of Lo- phocolea heterophylla inhibited the growth of B. cereus, but none of the tested extracts inhibited the growth of E. coli. 70% of bryophyte species demonstrated certain activity in relation to S. aureus. In general, 73% of ethanolic extracts and 39% of aqueous extracts exhibited antibacterial activity against S. aureus. The highest degree of antibacterial ac- tivity against S. aureus was shown by the ethanolic extract of Dicranum scoparium and aqueous extracts of Atrichum undulatum and Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus. The bactericidal action was not ascertained. For the first time antimicrobial activity has been proved for three moss species—Eurhynchium angustirete, Rhytidiadelphus squarrosus and Rhodo- bryum roseum, and for two liverwort species Frullania dilatata and Lophocolea heterophylla. Qualitative and quantita- tive differences of plant extracts were evaluated by FT-IR spectra. Keywords: Bryophyta; Marchantiophyta; Antimicrobial Activity 1. Introduction 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Plant Material Bryophytes, including liverworts (Marchantiophyta), ho- rnworts (Anthocerotophyta), and mosses (Bryophyta), are a diverse group of land plants th