COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTIMICROBIAL EFFECT OF GINGER, GARLIC AND TURMERIC ON PENICILLIN RESISTANT BACTERIA ISOLATED FROM CATTLE FARM SOILLisa Sam, S.M. Gharat and S. DubeyAbstract Antibiotics are medicines used to treat or prevent infections caused by bacteria. They work by inhibiting the growth of or destroying the bacteria. Antibiotic resistant bacteria are rapidly increasing, causing a problem in the treatment of disease caused by them. The present study focused on the effect of local spices on the antibiotic resistant bacterial isolates obtained from the soil sample of the local cattle farms. The use of antibiotics in the feed of farm animals has given rise to antibiotic resistance of microorganisms in natural habitat. Soil samples were collected from different cattle fields of the Palghar district and isolation of resistant bacteria against penicillin was done using Nutrient and Mueller-Hinton agar. The isolates obtained were subject to varying increased antibiotic concentration of penicillin and found to be resistant for concentration up to 25 μg/ml. The effect of natural herbs/spices was studied. While the soil sample showed the presence of an increased amount of penicillin resistant bacteria, the effect of aqueous and methanolic extracts of spices like ginger, garlic and turmeric were studied against the penicillin resistant isolates. |