Formigas Como Vetor De Propagação Bacteriana No Conjunto Hospitalar De Sorocaba – Sp

Isolation and Identification and Antibiotics resistance of some Pathogenic bacteria from ants

“…Further more An overall analysis indicated that the bacterial isolates from ants show to a large number of antimicrobials, these results are in agreement with (14). In the present study, there was a considerably high degree of resistance of different bacterial species isolated from ants to various antimicrobial agents, it can be seen in table (4).…”

“…Many ant species that display synanthropic behavior have spread successfully in urban areas (3). Ants can act as mechanical vectors, transporting (4). Bacteria that can be transported include Gram negative bacilli, facultative anaerobic bacteria, with high counts indicating contamination, inadequate cleaning and sanitization, ineffective heat treatments, or multiplication processing or storage (5).…”