Uji Antimikroba Ekstrak Jahe Merah (Zingiber officinale) Terhadap Staphylococcus aureus

Nowadays Staphylococcus aureus infection becomes a serious problem due to increased bacterial resistance to various types of antibiotics (Multi Drug Resistance/ MDR). Widespread bacterial resistance to existing drugs, prompting the importance of efforts to find alternative measures by administering medicines to prevent infection from natural substances. Red ginger extract was investigated for the antimicrobial activities against Staphylococcus aureus. This study used completely randommized control trial with three replications. The first factor was the tested microbe and the second was the fresh extract of the ginger rhizome. The result showed that fresh extract of red ginger (Zingiber officinale var. Rubrum) at concentration 100% gave the highest inhibition to the growth of S. aureus (12.54± mm). The antibacterial activity of ginger rhizome extract is categorized as weak in inhibiting the growth of S. aureus.