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It is well known that the extract from plants exhibit various medicinal benefits which have been adopted in various fields of health and medicine. In this study the antimicrobial activity of Azadirachta indica, Eucalyptus sp. and Lantana camara was determined against E.coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus and a comparison was made between the extract of plants grown on normal land and the one growing in tannery polluted areas. The extraction methods used for plant leaf and bark were aqueous extraction and methanol extraction. The bacterial culture were grown in brain heart infusion liquid medium at 37�C and was inoculated in agar plates. Screening for antibacterial potential of the plant extracts was done by conducting MIC (minimal inhibitory concentration) test. The methanolic and aqueous extract both showed different antimicrobial activity in terms of zone of inhibition and also the extract from the plants of tannery polluted area varied in their antimicrobial potential from that of plants grown on normal land. Although methanolic extracts were found to be more effective against microbes in comparison with aqueous extract but all the bacteria found to be inhibited though to varying degrees.