Antimicrobial Activities of Fruits of Crataegus. and Pyrus. Species

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Table 1 Strains used in the study and their source.

Microorganism	Source
Bacillus cereus. NRRL B-3711	USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Peoria, IL, USA
Bacillus subtilis. NRRL 744
Salmonella typhimurium. NRRL B-4420
Microccoccus luteus. NRRL B-4375
Proteus. vulgaris NRRL B-123
Xanthamonas campestris. pv. campestris. NRRL-B1459
Enterobacter aerogenes. NRRL B-3567
Streptococcocus feacalis. NRRL B-14617
Rhodotorula rubra. NRRL Y-2505
Fusarium oxysporum. NRRL 5836	Ege University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, İzmir, Turkey
Fusarium moniliforme. NRRL 1866
Penicillium notatum. NRRL 807
Aspergillus fumigatus. NRRL 163
Aspergillus parasiticus. NRRL 2999
Aspergillus niger. NRRL 321
Escherichia coli. ATCC 25922	Ankara University, Faculty of Veterinary, Ankara, Turkey
Pseudomonas aeroginosa. ATCC 27853
Staphylococcus aureus. ATTC 6538 T
Aeromonas hydrophila.	J.B. Jones, University of Florida, IFAS, Plant Pathology Department
Listeria monocytogenes.
Klebsiella pneumoniae.
Yersinia enterocolitica.
Pseudomonas fluorescens. B 130
Bacillus pumilus. B122
Pseudomonas syringae pv.. tomato. 32
Pseudomonas tobacco. 8
Xanthamonas campestris pv.. vesicatoria. 75-3
Pseudomonas lachrymans.
Pseudomonas syringae. -1
Pseudomonas syringae pv. glycine. PG1-T
Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. NCPPB 52	Vidaver, A. K. University of Nebraska Lincoln, Institute of Agricultural and
Pseudomonas gingeri. 3146	Natural Resources
Pseudomonas gladioli pv.. agricola. RR3	J.G. Turner, University of East Anglia, UK
Brucella spp..	Osmangazi University Medical Faculty
Pseudomonas maltophila.
Candida albicans.
Candida globrata.
Geotrichum graminis.
Cladosporum herbarum.	Anadolu University Faculty of Science
Aspergillus citri.

Table 2 Antimicrobial activity of Crataegus bornmülleri., C. tanacetifolia., Pyrus serikensis., and P.. C.. Subsp. communis. ethyl acetate extracts against the bacterial, yeast, and fungal strains tested based on agar well-diffusion method.

	Inhibiton zone in diameter (mm/sensitive strains)
Microorganism	C. tanacetifolia.	C. x bornmülleri.	Pyrus serikensis.	P. c.. subsp. communis.	Standard antibiotic
B. cereus.	12	12	13	10	30
B. subtilis.	7	9	9	8	40
S. typhimurium.	—	10	15	—	38
M. luteus.	12	12	10	10	50
P. vulgaris.	9	12	13	8	31
E. coli.	9	10	12	8	37
P. aeroginosa.	12	11	14	8	23
P. maltophila.	9	9	12	8	38
S. aureus.	9	9	11	9	35
E. aeroginosa.	12	10	12	12	36
Y. enterocolitica.	12	—	12	12	33
Brucella spp..	10	10	15	—	25
S. feacalis.	10	12	10	—	35
A. hydrophila.	8	9	10	12	30
L. monocytogenes.	14	18	19	10	30
K. pneumoniae.	12	12	17	7	30
P. fluorescens.	—	—	8	—	32
B. pumilus.	10	12	13	9	25
P. s. pv.. tomato.	14	17	20	14	35
P. tobacco.	11	13	17	—	38
X. campestris pv.. campestris.	12	14	15	8	43
X. campestris pv.. vesicatoria.	10	12	15	8	42
P. lachrymans.	12	14	14	—	31
P. syringae.	13	14	18	1	36
P. s. pv.. glycine.	14	15	19	8	33
P. s. pv.. phaseolicola.	12	14	17	—	38
P. gingeri.	—	9	9	—	35
P. gladioli pv.. agricola.	10	16	16	8	28
C. albicans.	13	14	14	10	34
C. globrata.	12	14	10	10	34
R. rubra.	13	13	15	11	8
G. graminis.	—	—	10	—	25
F. oxysporum.	—	—	15	—	20
F. moniliforme.	—	—	15	—	25
C. herbarum.	—	—	15	—	30
P. notatum.	10	—	10	—	24
A. parasiticus.	—	—	—	—	40
A. niger.	—	—	—	—	20
A. citri.	—	—	—	—	15
A. fumigatus.	—	—	—	—	13