In our study, we tested the antimicrobial activity of ethanol and aqueous extracts from
75 Slovenian mushrooms belonging to 68 different species. We tested the effect of these
extracts on different Gram-positive and negative bacterial species using the Kirby-Bauer
assay. Among the 25 ethanol extracts, antimicrobial activity was demonstrated for the
first time in 15 ethanol extracts. Also, seven aqueous showed antimicrobial activity and
these activities were not yet reported in scientific literature. We found that the ethanol
extracts showed more and better activity than the aqueous extracts. All the organic
extracts showed better antimicrobial activity on selected Gram-positive bacterial
species. We also demonstrated the activity of the extracts against multiresistant S.
aureus and S. pseudintermedius strains. Since the analysis of the relationship between
antimicrobial production, phylogenies, and fungal lifestyle revealed no correlation, we
cannot draw conclusions about the presence of active substances in individual groups of
mushrooms
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