1Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, 51 Siddeswari Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh
American Journal of Microbiological Research.
2014,
Vol. 2 No. 2, 68-73
DOI: 10.12691/ajmr-2-2-5
Copyright © 2014 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Jannatun Tahera, Farahnaaz Feroz, Jessica Das Senjuti, Kamal Kanta Das, Rashed Noor. Demonstration of Anti-Bacterial Activity of commonly available Fruit Extracts in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
American Journal of Microbiological Research. 2014; 2(2):68-73. doi: 10.12691/ajmr-2-2-5.
Correspondence to: Rashed Noor, Department of Microbiology, Stamford University Bangladesh, 51 Siddeswari Road, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Email:
noor.rashed@yahoo.comAbstract
Present study attempted to determine the antimicrobial activity of extracts from commonly consumed fruits including guava (Psidium guajava), malta (Citrus sinensis), apple (Malus domestica), orange (Citrus reticulate) and dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus) against Bacillus spp., Pseudomonas spp., Vibrio spp., Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., Staphylococcus spp., Listeria spp., Salmonella spp., and Aeromonas spp. Of the fruits examined, malta and orange samples were observed to be most effective against the test organisms, whereas dragon fruit was the least effective one. Among all the bacteria tested, Bacillus spp. seemed to be most susceptible to the anti-bacterial activity of the fruits, whereas Aeromonas spp. seemed to be the most resistant one. No significant difference in antimicrobial activity was observed among the imported and local fruit extracts.
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