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Name | Isolation of Air Borne Bacteria & Testing Antimicrobial Activity of Plant Extracts |
Description | Research article:- Biotechnology * Verma Alpika ,Feroz Nadia, Verma Vipul, Rastogi Meenal, Shukla Neha. Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Lucknow, India.
Abstract:- Bacteria are present everywhere in the environment..The aim of the present study is to isolate the air borne bacteria & to check their inhibition by natural plant extracts of Lemon leaves(Citrus limon), Tea leaves(Camelia sinensis) and Ashoka leaves(Saraca asoca). Air borne bacteria were isolated from the Amity University Lucknow campus & were also characterized. Antimicrobial activity was checked using well diffusion method. Plant extracts were prepared from Acetone, Propanol, Methanol & Water. Methanol extract [1] of Saraca asoca was found to be most active against gram positive, anaerobic bacteria giving zone of inhibition of 20mm. It was also found that water extract of Citrus limon was most effective against gram negative, endospore producing, anaerobic bacteria with zone of inhibition of 17mm.
Keywords:- Citrus limon ,Camelia sinensis ,Saraca asoca, well diffusion, zone of inhibition, airborne bacteria. |
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