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ABSTRACT: Ten (10) soft coral species were randomly collected: three (3) sarcophyton sp., two (2) sinularia sp., one (1) nepthea sp., one (1) sterconephthya sp., one (1) anthelia sp., one (1) litophyton sp., and one (1) asterospicularia sp., All soft corals species collectedharbor epibiotic bacteria. There were fifteen (15) epibiotic bacterial species isolated. They were tested for antibacterial property against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli and the inhibition zones they produced were compared to those produced by commercial antibiotics (positive control). Results of the study shows different antibacterial eefect of the different epibiotic bacterial isolates against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherchia coli. Some epibiotic bacterial isolates have antibacterial effects not comparable to the commercial antibiotics other have no antibacterial effects against either or both test organism except for one epibiotic bacterial isolates labeled as EB6 identified as Vibrio alginolyticus produced inhibition zone comparable to those produced by commercial antibiotics (positive control) against E. Coli.

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Source Institution	Ateneo de Davao University
Unit	Natural Science
Authors	Razon, Brando Cabigas.
Page Count	1
Place of Publication	Davao City
Original Publication Date	March 1, 2005
Tags	Biology, Corals., Dissertations, Research

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