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Assemblage of nest soil bacteria and evaluate the antibacterial activity of carpenter ant (Camponotus compressus) mandibular extracts against selective gram staining bacteria
P. Mohana, C. Gunasekaran and P. Selvarasu
Year : 2018 | Volume: 3 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 269-274
Received on: 02/04/2018
Revised on: 04/23/2018
Accepted on: 04/25/2018
Published on: 06/25/2018
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P. Mohana, C. Gunasekaran and P. Selvarasu ( 2018).
Assemblage of nest soil bacteria and evaluate the antibacterial activity of carpenter ant (Camponotus compressus) mandibular extracts against selective gram staining bacteria
. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences, 3( 3), 269-274 .
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Abstract
The present study was under taken to explore the assemblage of ant nest soil microbes and potential of mandibular gland extraction of carpenter ant Camponotus compressus. The microbial assemblages in nest soil from different habitats like Grasslands, Shola forest, Wattle plantation, Pine and Tea plantations were investigated. Among the isolated microbes from the nest soil bacteria, Staphylococcus aeureus was robust in three sites of the study area. Disc diffusion method was used to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of mandibular gland extraction against two robust microbial strains like S. aeureus and Escherichia coli. The result revealed that the maximum zone of inhibition was observed against the S. aeureus in both 10 µl and 20 µl of the mandibular sample and the minimum in gram negative bacteria Escherichia coli. The presences of mandibular gland proved have good capability more than commercially available antimicrobial products to kill or inhibit the growth of microbes inside the nests.
Keywords
Antibacterial, Ant nest, Camponotus compressus, Mandibular gland, Mukurthi National Park.
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