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Antibacterial Efficiency of Fabaceae Plants of a Tropical Freshwater Lake


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1 PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sri Vasavi College, Erode – 638 316, India
 

Obtaining the plant drugs for the production of commercial products is the recent research scenario. But still, the role of a plant species in its ecosystem is not much explored. The present study intended to find antibacterial activity of Fabaceae plant species in a tropical freshwater lake against isolated indigenous bacterial species. Results revealed that the fabaceae plants Abrus precatorus, Acacia nilotica, Cajanas cajan, Cassia auriculata, Clitoria ternatia, Crotalaria vergosa, Crotia ternatia, Mimosa pudica, Pongamia pinnata, Sesbania grandiflora, Tephrosia purpuria and Vigna mungo of Vellode lake have potential antibacterial activity against indigenous bacterial isolates from soil and water samples.

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Fabaceae Plants, Indigenous Bacteria, Tropical Freshwater Lake.
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Authors

K. Nagarajan
PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sri Vasavi College, Erode – 638 316, India
M. Saravanararaja
PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sri Vasavi College, Erode – 638 316, India
P. S. Aruna Devi
PG and Research Department of Zoology, Sri Vasavi College, Erode – 638 316, India

Abstract


Obtaining the plant drugs for the production of commercial products is the recent research scenario. But still, the role of a plant species in its ecosystem is not much explored. The present study intended to find antibacterial activity of Fabaceae plant species in a tropical freshwater lake against isolated indigenous bacterial species. Results revealed that the fabaceae plants Abrus precatorus, Acacia nilotica, Cajanas cajan, Cassia auriculata, Clitoria ternatia, Crotalaria vergosa, Crotia ternatia, Mimosa pudica, Pongamia pinnata, Sesbania grandiflora, Tephrosia purpuria and Vigna mungo of Vellode lake have potential antibacterial activity against indigenous bacterial isolates from soil and water samples.

Keywords


Fabaceae Plants, Indigenous Bacteria, Tropical Freshwater Lake.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15613/sijrs%2F2015%2Fv2i2%2F114282