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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="general-sciences" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1863</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>General Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>PHYTOCHEMICAL SCREENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF CHLORELLA VULGARIS BEIJERINCK&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname/><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname/><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Nallamuthu</surname><given-names>Thangaraju</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>33</fpage><lpage>38</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Aim: In the last few decades, increased resistance of bacterial strains to drugs including antibiotics has been a major factor for increasing morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs to bacterial infections. With this concern, effort has been made to investigate the phytochemicals and antibacterial potency of chloroform, acetone, ethanol and aqueous extract from Chlorella vulgaris Beijerinck (Chlorellaceae). Method: Mass cultivation of algae was carried out in outdoor and chloroform, acetone, ethanol and aqueous extracts were extracted directly from the biomass. The extracts were subjected to phytochemical screening and antimicrobial activity against test organisms; E.coli, P.vulgaries, S.aureus, P.aeruginosa__ampersandsignnbsp;and B.subtilis by agar well diffusion assay and Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of all the four extracts were determined. Result: Phytochemical screening revealed the presence of alkaloid, flavonoid, phenol, tannin, terpenoids, saponin and glycosides. Acetone and ethanol extracts were potential antimicrobial agent when compared to chloroform and aqueous extracts. Aqueous extract showed very less inhibitory potency against test organisms. Conclusion: Daily supplementation of food with C. vulgaris Beijerinck will not only nourish in the body growth but it will also serve as immense source to defend against bacterial infection.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Chlorella vulgaris</kwd><kwd> mass cultivation</kwd><kwd> phytochemicals</kwd><kwd> agar well diffusion</kwd><kwd> Minimum Inhibitory Concentration.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
