Microbiological analysis and detection of anti-bacterial activity of Centella asiatica and Aloe vera samples collected from different areas of Dhaka city, Bangladesh

Bhowmik, Susmita; Chowdhury, Runa Akter; Uddin, Md. Aftab

doi:10.3329/sjm.v6i1.33518

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“…Similar type of resistance patten in S. aureus isolates was also detected by Taj et al (2010). Researchers have found that bacterial resistance to various antibiotics is encoded by over 100 different genetic mechanisms, a number of which are readily moveable to other bacteria through the process of conjugal elements, transposons, plasmids etc (Bhowmik et al, 2016).…”

Section: Antibiogram Of the Isolatesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Microbiological analysis of different categories of food items in Dhaka city, Bangladesh

Uddin¹,

Jabin²,

Siam³

et al. 2020

Food Res.

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Pathogenic microorganisms have been so far reported to contaminate a wide range of foods triggering food borne infections or intoxications including the enteric complications, abdominal pain, fever, bloodstream infection etc. The current study was attempted to observe the microbiological quality of some popular foods collected from different places of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Conventional cultural, microscopic and biochemical tests were followed for the detection and enumeration of bacterial isolates associated with these food samples. The investigation encompassed detection of total viable bacterial count (TVBC) and presumptive identification of other pathogenic bacteria from these samples. Higher counts of TVBC, coliform, Staphylococcus spp. and fungal load were recorded as 1.46×107 CFU/g (yogurt 1), 4.5×106 CFU/g (yogurt 1), 5.6×105 CFU/g (raw meat) and 2.9×103 CFU/g (sea fish), respectively. Fecal coliform was detected only in one out of ten samples. On the contrary Salmonella spp., Vibrio spp., Shigella spp. and Pseudomonas spp. were completely absent. The antibiogram study showed that all the isolates were sensitive against Kanamycin and Azithromycin. Better sensitivity was also observed against Gentamycin and Ciprofloxacin. Varying degree of antibiotic resistance was also detected against Cefixime, Amikacin and Neomycin. Our study emphasizes the need for continuous monitoring of the various categories of food samples for the safety of public health.

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Section: Antibiogram Of the Isolatesmentioning

confidence: 99%