Water extracts of 231 species of higher plants were tested for antibacterial properties against Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Erwinia carotovora, and Phytomonas tumefaciens. Eighteen of the species showed sufficiently high antibacterial effects against one or more of the organisms to warrant their inclusion in table 1.
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