Mahmoud, D., Amer, A., El- Sayed, A., Rady, M. (2017). Antibacterial activity of Vespa orientalis L. venom against some antibiotic resistant bacteria. International Journal of Development, 6(1), 13-20. doi: 10.21608/idj.2017.121910
Dalia M. Mahmoud; Asmaa E. Amer; Adel K. El- Sayed; Magda H. Rady. "Antibacterial activity of Vespa orientalis L. venom against some antibiotic resistant bacteria". International Journal of Development, 6, 1, 2017, 13-20. doi: 10.21608/idj.2017.121910
Mahmoud, D., Amer, A., El- Sayed, A., Rady, M. (2017). 'Antibacterial activity of Vespa orientalis L. venom against some antibiotic resistant bacteria', International Journal of Development, 6(1), pp. 13-20. doi: 10.21608/idj.2017.121910
Mahmoud, D., Amer, A., El- Sayed, A., Rady, M. Antibacterial activity of Vespa orientalis L. venom against some antibiotic resistant bacteria. International Journal of Development, 2017; 6(1): 13-20. doi: 10.21608/idj.2017.121910
Antibacterial activity of Vespa orientalis L. venom against some antibiotic resistant bacteria
1Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University
2Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams Univ.
Abstract
Vespa orientalis (wasp) venom was found to have antibacterial activity against medically important bacterial strains as Gram-positive bacteria:Methicillin–Resistant Staphylococcus aureus,Bacillus subtilis and Streptococcus mutans and Gram-negative bacteria as: Escherichia coli,Klebsiella pneumonia and Salmonella typhimurium. All bacterial strains were compared for their sensitivity to the wasp venom and tetracycline antibiotic by determining the inhibition zone and the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). In the present study MIC of venom against the above mentioned bacteria were 2×10-8, 2×10-7, 2×10-3, 2×10-4, 2×10-4 and 2×10-2, respectively.