scholarly journals Characteristics and resistance to selected disinfectants of bacterial spores of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus

2018 ◽  
pp. 201-207
Author(s):  
Anna Kinga Kierzkowska

Despite the emergence of newer disinfectant preparations on the market, there are still no biocides that would effectively eliminate spores of multi-drug resistant pathogenic bacteria. For this reason, most commercially available sporicidal preparations are mixtures of several substances. The paper discusses the endospore characteristics, their development cycle and the list of currently effective substances used in mixtures of sporicidal preparations

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Haneen Ali Ibrahim ◽  
Neihaya Heikmat Zaki

Forty soil samples were collected from different regions in Baghdad city. Among 52 isolate, only 38 isolates (73.1 %) belong to Bacillus spp. All bacterial isolates have been submitted to the cultural, microscopical, biochemical examination and VITEK 2 System, Bacillus cereus was predominantly found 21 (55.3%) followed by Bacillus subtilis 11 (28.9%), then Bacillus amyloliquefaciens was 6 (15.8%). Bacillus cereus (B1) and Bacillus subtilis (B16) isolates were with the highest level with the antibacterial activity when selected. Extracellular proteins were extracted and purified with ammonium sulfate (80%) saturation, then submitted to Sepharose-6B gel filtration column. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to determine the molecular weights of proteins, and one band appeared to each of Bacillus cereus and Bacillus subtilis with molecular weight 68 and 50 KDa respectively. The results revealed that higher effect of antibacterial activity on Gram positive bacteria, and moderate on Gram negative bacteria except P.aeruginosa with no effect. The antibiofilm effect of the extract found higher effective against S.pyogens, moderate effect against each of (S.aureus, E.coli, S. marcescens, K. spp) and no effect against P.aeruginosa. The results of cytotoxicity showed that the purified extract was a higher cytotoxic effect on breast cancer MCF7 cells at 1000µg/ml concentration, while the crude extract had a higher cytotoxic effect on breast cancer MCF7 cells at 100µg/ml concentration.


2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Risa Nofiani ◽  
Siti Nurbetty ◽  
Ajuk Sapar

<p>The increase of issues on the antibiotics resistant pathogenic bacteria has triggered high exploration for new antimicrobial compounds. One of the potential sources is sponge-associated bacteria. The aim of this study was to get sponge-associated bacteria extract containing antimicrobial activities. On the basis screening of antimicrobial activity using by streaking on agar medium, there were two potential isolates with antimicrobial activities namely LCS1 and LCS2. The two isolates were cultivated,then secondary metabolite product were extracted using methanol as a solvent. Minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of extract LCS 1 were 1,000 μg/well for S. aureus, 950 μg/well for Salmonella sp.and 800 μg/well for Bacillus subtilis. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of extract LCS 2 were 500 μg/well for S. aureus, 1,050 μg/well for Salmonella sp., 750 μg/well for Bacillus subtilis, 350 μg/well for P. aeruginosa, 750 μg/sumur terhadap B. subtilis. Based on the MIC values, the two assay extracts have a relatively low antimicrobial activity.</p> <p>Keywords:Antimicrobial,Sponges associated bacteria,MICs</p>


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93
Author(s):  
Wallapat Phongtang ◽  
Ekachai Chukeatirote

Abstract Bacillus cereus is considered to be an important food poisoning agent causing diarrhea and vomiting. In this study, the occurrence of B. cereus bacteriophages in Thai fermented soybean products (Thua Nao) was studied using five B. cereus sensu lato indicator strains (four B. cereus strains and one B. thuringiensis strain). In a total of 26 Thua Nao samples, there were only two bacteriophages namely BaceFT01 and BaceCM02 exhibiting lytic activity against B. cereus. Morphological analysis revealed that these two bacteriophages belonged to the Myoviridae. Both phages were specific to B. cereus and not able to lyse other tested bacteria including B. licheniformis and B. subtilis. The two phages were able to survive in a pH range between 5 and 12. However, both phages were inactive either by treatment of 50°C for 2 h or exposure of UV for 2 h. It should be noted that both phages were chloroform-insensitive, however. This is the first report describing the presence of bacteriophages in Thua Nao products. The characterization of these two phages is expected to be useful in the food industry for an alternative strategy including the potential use of the phages as a biocontrol candidate against foodborne pathogenic bacteria.


Antibiotics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 608
Author(s):  
Yi-Ping Chen ◽  
Xian-Wen Tasi ◽  
Ko Chang ◽  
Xuan-Di Cao ◽  
Jung-Ren Chen ◽  
...  

This study aimed to investigate the effects of multi-drug-resistant organism (MDRO) infection and other factors on the length of hospital stay (LOS) of patients in the respiratory care ward (RCW) of a regional hospital in Taiwan. In this retrospective study, we collected cases from MDRO-infected patients in the RCW from January 2016 to March 2020. The RCW comprises 13 beds in total. There were 106 infected patients, of which 42 were in the case group (infected with MDROs) and 64 were in the control group (not infected with MDROs). Clinical specimens were inoculated in a selective medium to isolate the pathogenic bacteria by standard procedures. The results showed the main factors affecting the LOS were: patients with MDRO infection, patients discharged from the RCW, and patients who underwent catheterization. The LOS of patients infected with MDROs was significantly longer than that of patients without MDRO infection (β = 0.55, 95% CI = 0.02–1.09), with the case group and the control group being 479.8 ± 546.5 and 307.3 ± 436.2 days, respectively. Infection with carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) was associated with a longer LOS than other MDRO strains. These findings have important implications for infection control in RCW and in better tracking the health of patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malavika Ramesh ◽  
Ram Gopal Nitharwal ◽  
Phani Rama Krishna Behra ◽  
B. M. Fredrik Pettersson ◽  
Santanu Dasgupta ◽  
...  

AbstractMicroorganisms survive stresses by alternating the expression of genes suitable for surviving the immediate and present danger and eventually adapt to new conditions. Many bacteria have evolved a multiprotein "molecular machinery" designated the "Stressosome" that integrates different stress signals and activates alternative sigma factors for appropriate downstream responses. We and others have identified orthologs of some of the Bacillus subtilis stressosome components, RsbR, RsbS, RsbT and RsbUVW in several mycobacteria and we have previously reported mutual interactions among the stressosome components RsbR, RsbS, RsbT and RsbUVW from Mycobacterium marinum. Here we provide evidence that "STAS" domains of both RsbR and RsbS are important for establishing the interaction and thus critical for stressosome assembly. Fluorescence microscopy further suggested co-localization of RsbR and RsbS in multiprotein complexes visible as co-localized fluorescent foci distributed at scattered locations in the M. marinum cytoplasm; the number, intensity and distribution of such foci changed in cells under stressed conditions. Finally, we provide bioinformatics data that 17 (of 244) mycobacteria, which lack the RsbRST genes, carry homologs of Bacillus cereus genes rsbK and rsbM indicating the existence of alternative σF activation pathways among mycobacteria.


2021 ◽  
pp. 105062
Author(s):  
Feli Feliatra ◽  
Ummi Mardhiah Batubara ◽  
Yuana Nurulita ◽  
Iesje Lukistyowati ◽  
Jarot Setiaji

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Delianis Pringgenies ◽  
Person Pesona Renta

Bakteri yang resisten terhadap beberapa jenis antibakteri ini dikenal dengan bakteri multi drug resistant (MDR).Untuk mengatasi permasalahan tersebut, perlu dilakukan pencarian senyawa antibiotik baru yang lebih efektif dan efisien dalam mengatasi permasalahan bakteri MDR. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui potensi bakteri yang bersimbiosis dengan gastropoda Pleuroploca trapezium sebagai sumber antibakteri MDR. Sampel Moluska dikoleksi dari perairan Ternate, Maluku. Tahapan penelitian meliputi isolasi bakteri, skrining  bakteri simbion yang potensi sebagai anti bakteri MDR, uji antibakteri, isolasi bakteri patogen klinis MDR; uji sensitivitas anti-bakteri, ekstraksi, amplifikasi dan sekuensing DNA. Hasil 16S urutan r-DNA dianalisis dan diedit menggunakan program Genetix dan diikuti dengan analisis urutan 16S rDNA. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa terdapat 19 isolat bakteri dengan 5 bakteri aktif yang berasosiasi dengan Pleuroploca trapezium. Berdasarkan besarnya zona hambat yang dibentuk dan konsistensi munculnya zona hambatan, isolat terbaik adalah TPT 4.7. Isolat ini memiliki hubungan yang dekat dengan Paracoccus  sp. MBIC4019 dengan homologi sebesar 95% yang menunjukkan kekerabatan ditingkat genus. Hasil penelitian ini memberikan harapan adanya potensi besar sebagai bahan antibakteri baru. Kata kunci: antibakteri, simbion, Pleuroploca trapezium, multi drugs resistantThe bacteria resistant to some antibiotics are known as multi drug resistant (MDR). To overcome the problem, it is needed to search for a new antibiotic compounds more effectively and efficiently. This study aims to identify potential from symbionts of Pleuroploca trapezium as a source of antibacteria MDR and identifying the bacteria that were active against the MDR. Samples were collected from Ternate, Maluku. Isolation of symbiotic bacteria, screening for bacteria which producing secondary metabolites as anti-MDR bacteria, antibacterial test, isolation of clinical pathogenic bacteria of MDR. Conducting anti-bacterial sensitivity test,  sensitivity test for antibacterial,  DNA exctraction, DNA amplification based on PCR method, DNA sequencing.  Result of 16S r-DNA sequence was then analyzed and edited using GENETYX program and followed by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Screening of bacteria associated with P. trapezium resulted in 19 isolates with 5 active bacteria. Based on the size of the zone forming and the consistency of zone, so the best isolate is TPT 4.7. The identification shows that TPT 4.7 has a close relationship with the Paracoccus sp. MBIC4019 with homologi of 95%, which shows the relationship at the genus level. Its suggest that these results are very promising as a new antibacterial material. Keywords: antibacterial, symbiotic bacteria, Pleuroploca trapezium, multi drugs resistant


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