Abstract
The antimicrobial activity of crude methanolic extract of Ceratonia siliqua (Carob) extracted from pods was tested on 13 different references and food isolated bacterial pathogens (8 Gram positive and 5 Gram negative) and 8 different references and food isolated fungal pathogens. Antimicrobial activities of the pods of C. siliqua were comparable to those of reference antibiotics (Gentamicin or Amphotericin B). These encouraging results require further investigating in order to discover new antimicrobial agents.