ABSTRACT
Antibacterial activity has been widely reported from marine algae and has been reviewed by Sieburth and Burkholder. Subsequent surveys of antibacterial activity in algae have been reported from the Mediterranean, Puerto Rico, India, China, Australia, Argentina, and Atlantic Canada. In the study made by Abirami and Kowsalya, the antibacterial activity of seaweed extracts was evaluated. The determination of antibacterial activity of the methanol extracts of Ulva lactuca was evaluated against Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus, Micrococcus luteus, Klebsiella pneumonia, Staphylococcus aureus, and Escherichia coli. The aim of the study made by Villarreal-Gomez et al. was to evaluate the antibacterial activity of extracts from the seaweeds Egregia menziesii, Sargassum muticum, and Petalonia binghamiae collected from Todos Santos Bay, Mexico. In a large study of bioprospecting of several algal species from the Aegean Sea, the antibacterial activity of macroalgal extracts was evaluated.
