Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Activities of Nonpolar Extracts of Allium stipitatum Regel. against Multidrug Resistant Bacteria
Table 1
Zone of inhibition, MIC, and MBC of ASHE and ASDE against test microorganisms (20 μL corresponding to 200 μg/disc).
Strain
Zone of inhibition in diameter (mm)a
MIC (g mL-1)b
MBC (g mL-1)c
ASHE
ASDE
Antibiotic
DMSO (10)
ASHE
ASDE
ASHE
ASDE
Gram-positive bacteria
MRSA
27 ± 0.5774
23 ± 0.2887
16 (VA)d
-
32
64
128
128
MSSA
26 ± 0.2887
30 ± 0.5774
30 (VA)
-
64
16
128
64
Vancomycin resistant enterococci
13 ± 0.7638
15 ± 0.8660
33 (TOB)e
-
512
1024
2056
4096
Gram-negative bacteria
Acinetobacter baumannii
26 ± 0.2887
28 ± 0.0
33 (IPM)f
-
32
32
64
32
A. lwoffii
33 ± 0.5774
30 ± 0.2887
46 (IPM)
-
16
32
32
32
Enterobacter spp.
14 ± 0.2887
16 ± 0.5774
23 (MEM)g
-
512
1024
2056
4096
Escherichia coli
21 ± 0.2887
29 ± 0.5774
16 (AK)h
-
128
32
512
128
Klebsiella pneumoniae
20 ± 0.0
29 ± 0.5000
- (AK)
-
256
64
512
256
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
13 ±0.5774
15 ± 0.2887
23 (CAZ)i
-
1024
1024
2056
4096
Salmonella typhi
20 ± 0.5000
32 ± 0.5000
25 (CIP)j
-
256
32
256
128
Shigella dysenteriae
18 ± 0.7638
22 ± 0.5000
27 (CTX)
-
256
128
1024
1024
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia
26 ± 0.5774
27 ± 1.000
30 (SXT)k
-
64
64
256
256
Determined by disk diffusion assay. bDetermined by broth microdilution method. cDetermined by plate colony count technique. dVancomycin (30 μg). eTobramycin (10 μg). fImipenem (10 μg). gMeropenem (30 μg). hAmikacin (30 μg). iCeftriaxone (10 μg). jCiprofloxacin (5 μg). kTrimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (30 μg). -: no zone of inhibition. Preliminary antibacterial data for ASHE/ASDE on MRSA (disk diffusion and MIC values) has been published recently by our research group (Karunanidhi et al., 2017).