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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2015

An Antimicrobial Metabolite from Bacillus sp.: Significant Activity Against Pathogenic Bacteria Including Multidrug-Resistant Clinical Strains.

Ajay G Chalasani, Gunaseelan Dhanarajan, Sushma Nema, Ramkrishna Sen, Utpal Roy

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Ajay G ChalasaniDepartment of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani- K. K. Birla Goa Campus Goa, India.
Gunaseelan DhanarajanDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur Kharagpur, India.
Sushma NemaCentral Lab OncQuest Laboratory Pvt. Ltd. (NABL) Indore, India.
Ramkrishna SenDepartment of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur Kharagpur, India.
Utpal RoyDepartment of Biological Sciences, BITS Pilani- K. K. Birla Goa Campus Goa, India.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, the cell free modified tryptone soya broth (pH 7.4 ± 0.2) of Bacillus subtilis URID 12.1 showed significant antimicrobial activity against multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, Streptococcus pyogenes and Enterococcus faecalis. The partially purified antimicrobial molecule was found to be resistant to extremes of pH and temperatures and also to higher concentrations of trypsin and proteinase K. The antimicrobial molecule was purified by a three-step method that included reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC). The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values were determined for 14 species of bacteria using a microbroth dilution technique. The HPLC-purified fraction showed the MICs ranging from 0.5 to 16 μg/ml for methicillin and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MVRSA) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis (MRSE) strains. The molecular mass of the antimicrobial compound was determined to be 842.37 Da. The same antimicrobial fraction showed negligible haemolytic activity against human red blood cells even at a concentration as high as 100 μg/ml. Because of its significant antimicrobial activity at low MIC values coupled with its non-haemolytic property, it may prove to be a novel antimicrobial lead molecule.

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Bacillus sp.minimum inhibitory concentrationmultidrug resistant-bacterianon-haemolytic propertypromising antimicrobial agentStaphylococcus aureus

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PMID26696963
PMCPMC4678185

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