Comparative Study of the Antimicrobial Effect of Different Antibiotics Mixed with CuO, MgO and ZnO Nanoparticles in Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli cultures

2014 ◽  
Vol 1675 ◽  
pp. 59-64
Author(s):  
Raúl Alenó ◽  
Anthony López Collazo ◽  
Eulalia Medina ◽  
Lourdes Díaz Figueroa ◽  
José I. Ramírez ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTDue to the rapid advance of the emergence of resistant microorganisms to different antibiotics, there is a need to create new antimicrobial agents. It is possible that Nanotechnology has a great impact in this area since the nanoparticles can improve the antimicrobial effect of the antibiotics. In this study we used three different metal oxides nanoparticles, the MgO, ZnO and CuO. These nanoparticles were selected because their interactions leading to cell death and their optical properties. The aim of this study is to develop new methods that are more effective against resistance bacteria, developing antibacterial agents using different nanoparticles against Escherichia coli (ATCC 10536), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC 10145), and Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC BAA-1026). This study was conducted to evaluate the antibacterial effects of a combination of nanoparticles together with different concentrations of three antibiotics, Gentamicin, Cephalexin and Co-Trimoxazole. The results showed that some nanoparticles are effective to inhibit growth in these microorganisms by increasing the effectiveness of the antibiotic. Therefore, the present study indicates that the combination of the nanoparticles with antibiotics may be applicable as a new antimicrobial agent.

2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordana Zavisic ◽  
Zeljka Radulovic ◽  
Valentina Vranic ◽  
Jelena Begovic ◽  
L. Topisirovic ◽  
...  

The aim of this study was to investigate the probiotic potential of bacteriocin-producing lactobacilli strain Lactobacillus plantarum G2 isolated from the vaginal mucus of healthy women. The antimicrobial effect of G2 was confirmed in the mixed culture with pathogenic Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella abony and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, while bacteriocine activity was detected against S. aureus and S. abony only. The strain showed an excellent survival rate in low pH and in the presence of bile salts. The percentage of adhered cells of L. plantarum G2 to hexadecane was 63.85?2.0 indicating the intermediate hydrophobicity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1519-1522
Author(s):  
A. Banso ◽  
B.F. Banso ◽  
A.A. Koleola

As a result of the development of resistance of microorganisms to older antimicrobial agents there is need for a search for new agents, which are effective for the treatment of infections. The crude aqueous and alcoholic extr acts of Garcinia kola fruits were assayed against Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae. The results revealed that the plant extracts possess inhibitory effect against the microorganisms tested. The minimum inhibitory concentration of the plant extracts ranged between 20mg/ml and 45mg/ml. There was a change in the antibacterial activity of the test extracts on variation of temperature. The results obtained may suggest that the plant extract is thermal stable and could serve as a source of industrial drugs useful in chemotherapy of some microbial infections. Keywords: Garcinia kola, microorganisms, inhibitory, chemotherapy, drug


2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dusan Zvekic ◽  
Vladimir Srdic ◽  
Maja Karaman ◽  
Milan Matavulj

The antimicrobial effect of the ZnO nanoparticles dispersed in polyurethane varnishes was investigated. Antimicrobial activity was evaluated against three bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and one strain fungi (Sacharomyces cerevisiae) by the 'pour-plate' test. It was shown that the ZnO nanoparticles efficiently inhibit growth of the colonies of Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, but their activity against Escherichia coli was found to be questionable suggesting more detailed research.


2022 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Myrko ◽  
Taras Chaban ◽  
Vasyl Matiychuk

A series of some new pyrazole-substituted 7H-[1,2,4]triazolo[3,4-b][1,3,4]thiadiazines was synthesized in this study. The structures of target substances were confirmed by using 1H and 13С NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and elemental analysis. The synthesized compounds have been evaluated for antimicrobial activity against five bacterial strains (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter baumannii, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus) and two fungal strains (Candida albicans and Cryptococcus neoformans). The antimicrobial screening studies of synthesized substances established that 2 of 12 compounds show pronounced antibacterial activity against the strain Staphylococcus aureus.


2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 152-157
Author(s):  
Nikolay A. Ryabov ◽  
Vladimir A. Kurkin ◽  
Vitaliy M. Ryzhov ◽  
Artem V. Lyamin ◽  
Alexander V. Zhestkov ◽  
...  

Antimicrobial activity of alcoholic extractions from the aboveground organs like bark and buds of Quercus robur L. was studied. The determination of the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) was performed with the use of double serial dilution in broth. The following microorganisms were used as test cultures: Bacillus cereus, Candida albicans, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus. It has been revealed that alcoholic extractions of the bark of Quercus robur have the widest spectrum of antibacterial activity in relation to Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Candida albicans. Results of microbiological analysis show that alcoholic extractions from the bark and buds have an antimicrobial effect on all of these strains with a single dilution (except for antimicrobial activity against Staphylococcus aureus with 70% extractions of bark of Quercus robur). In particular, relatively high antimicrobial activity was observed in alcoholic extracts of all buds concentrations against Candida albicans at a dilution of 2, 4 and 8 times and Escherichia coli at a dilution of 4, 8 and 16 times. The greatest antimicrobial effect against Pseudomonas aeruginosa has extracts from the bark and buds in all the studied concentrations of alcohol. A significant antimicrobial effect against Escherichia coli has 40% of extractions from the buds of Quercus robur when diluted by 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 and 64 times. The results can be used as justification for the introduction of a new type of raw material that is buds of Quercus robur, as well as drugs based on it in the State Pharmacopoeia of the Russian Federation as antibacterial phytopharmaceuticals.


2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 135-141
Author(s):  
Parker Joshua Elijah ◽  
Bennett Chima Nwangum ◽  
Victor Eshu Okpashi ◽  
Austin Ike Chukwunonyelum ◽  
Kenne Michel Tchimene ◽  
...  

The need to find a broad-based nutritional and antimicrobial therapy gave impetus to this investigation. The crude extracts of Baphia nitida stem bark were used to check for antimicrobial effect on selected micro-organisms for possible nutritional and therapeutic application. The stem bark components were extracted with four solvent systems using maceration. A synthetic drug gentamycin - 80 mg/mL (2 mL) was dissolved in 20 mL of distilled water to obtained 8 mg/mL, was used as a control. The crude extract exhibited an antibacterial effect on gram-positive organisms (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus), and gram-negative organism (Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli) at 2 mg/mL. These showed competitiveness with the 8 mg/mL of the control drug. The normal hexane fraction had an effect on Staphylococcus aureus but showed no effect on other bacteria. Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) showed a dose-dependent decrease in the effect for the crude extract. Ethyl acetate and methanol fraction had an effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus cereus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Escherichia coli at varying concentrations - 20, 10, and 5 mg/mL. the initial screening of the Baphia nitida stem bark revealed alkaloids in the methanol-methylene chloride crude extract and methanol fraction only. Other solvents showed the alkaloids, flavonoids, saponins, terpenoids, glycosides, hydrogen cyanides and steroids respectively. Therefore, the presence of the phytochemicals implicates its antimicrobial effect and the basis for its efficacy as antimicrobial therapy.    


Author(s):  
I.V. Ivashchenko

<p> Antimicrobial properties of <em>Serratula coronata </em>L<em>., </em>introduced in Zhytomyr Polissya, were studied against test cultures of <em>Escherichia coli</em> (coliform bacillus) UCM B-906 (ATCC 25922), <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>(golden staphylococcus) UCM B-904 (ATCC 25923), <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</em> (blue pus bacillus) UCM B-900 (ATCC9027), <em>Candida albicans</em> UCM Y-(ATCC 885-653).</p><p><em>Serratula coronata </em>L.<em> </em>40 % ethanol extract showed potent antimicrobial effect against gram-positive bacteria <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em>. Compared with the solvent, MIC (minimal inhibitory concentration) and MBC (minimal bactericidal concentration) increased 32 and 8 times, respectively. The other microorganisms’ cultures demonstrated much lower sensitivity. The study revealed less significant effect of the extract against <em>Candida albicans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, </em>and it failed to display any bactericidal/fungicidal effect against gram-negative strains of <em>Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa </em>and fungus <em>Candida albicans.</em>The data obtained experimentally show that further study of <em>Serratula coronata </em>L<em>. </em>and its application as the basis for new pharmaceutical anti-staphylococcus preparations may be considered promising and having a great potential.</p>


Author(s):  
Powar Priyatama V ◽  
Powar Trupti A

The growing phenomenon of antibiotic resistance, particularly to pathogenic microorganisms, in current medicine, has directed the concern of scientists for finding novel antimicrobial agents from plant origin with negligible side effect. The present study was aimed to phytochemical investigation and antimicrobial activity of seed extract of Datura stramonium in sequentially with different organic solvents. For this, antimicrobial properties were tested against bacteria Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumonia and Bacillus subtilis by cup plate method. Among the tested bacterial Klebsiella pneumoniae was the most inhibited majorly with the chloroform extract. Datura stramonium chloroform seed extract produced maximum zone of inhibition 26 mm against Klebsiella pneumoniae and 12 mm against Bacillus subtilis and 13 mm against Escherichia coli. Datura Stramonium methanol seed extract produced maximum zone of inhibition 27 mm against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and 15 mm against Bacillus subtilis, 14 mm against Staphylococcus aureus and 19 mm against Escherichia coli. Datura stramonium petroleum ether seed extract produced 16 mm zone of inhibition against Escherichia coli. Datura stramonium aqueous seed extract exhibits 24 mm zone of inhibition against Bacillus subtilis. All the experienced solvent extracts showed potential antimicrobial activity Index against various tested microorganisms. Owning to the results, it can be concluded that the extracts of the Datura stramonium can be used to design different herbal antimicrobial agents.


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