Table 6: Antibacterial activity of Langnese honey against bacterial isolates. Data are shown as mean zone of inhibition (mm2) ± SD.

Organisms Honey concentrations +ve Control
Streptomycin
100% 75% 50% 25%
Bacillus alvei 225±2.18 100±0.01 - - 729±0.57
Bacillus polymyxa 289±1.97 169±1.02 - - 784±1.86
Bacillus subtilis 676±3.22 121±1.25 - - 676±0.21
Staphylococcus aureus 289±1.24 196±1.71 121±0.62 - 841±0.92
Pseudomonas aeruginosa - - - - 121±0.32
Klebsiella pneumonia - - - - 361±0.68
Enterobecter - - - - 529±1.02
Escherichia coli - - - - 676±0.11

“+ve” means positive control, “–” means the absence of inhibition