P.K. RAMASAMY, R. JEYARAAJ INDIRA A. JEYARAAJ AND S. SRIDEVI
Abstract
The coelomic fluid of the earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae, was extracted and tested for its antibacterial activity. It was tested against two gram-negative strains bacteria namely of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae and two gram-positive strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus megaterium. The coelomic fluid of E. eugeniae showed the maximum antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus among all the bacterial strain tested.