*3.4. Antibacterial Assays*

The antibacterial activity was evaluated following the standards recommended by the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute [24]. Six pathogenic bacterial strains, *Staphylococcus epidermidis* ATCC 12228, *Staphylococcus aureus* ATCC 25923, *Pseudomonas aeruginosa* ATCC 27853, *Bacillus cereus* ATCC 14579, *Escherichia coli* ATCC 25922, and *Sarcina lutea* ATCC 9341, were used, and vancomycin was used as a positive control.
