Antimicrobial Activity of Marine Gastropod Purfura bufo
from Visakhapatnam, East Coast of India
International Journal of Current Innovations in Advanced Research, 1 (1):
12-17 (May 2018)Abstract
Abstract: The present study was aimed to investigate the antimicrobial activity of marine
gastropod i.e. Purfura bufo. The antimicrobial activity was estimated in extracts of body
tissues of Purfura bufo against Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli,
Klebsiella pneumoniae, and fungi like Aspergillus flavus and Penicillium notatum. The
maximum inhibition zone was observed in Klebsiella pneumonia (26 mm) and minimum in
Penicillium notatum (11 mm). It is evident from the current study that significant reduction in
growth of bacteria and fungi was observed with methanolic extracts.
Keywords: Purfura bufo, Antimicrobial activity, Inhibition Zone, Methanol extract