Antimicrobial properties of protein extracts from wild mushroom fungi and native plant species against hospital pathogens

Michael Hearst^1,2, David Nelson³, Graham McCollum³, Linda M. Ballard⁴, B. Cherie Millar³, Sara Moore^5, Stephen McClean^5, John E. Moore^3,5 and Juluri R. Rao^1,5*

¹Applied Plant Science Division, Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Newforge Lane, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 5PX.

²Grosvenor Grammar School, Cameronian Drive, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT5 6AX.

³Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Lisburn Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT9 7AD.

⁴Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, BT18 0EU.

⁵School of Biomedical Sciences, Centre for Molecular Biosciences, University of Ulster, Cromore Road, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT52 1SA.