Comparative Analysis of Viperidae Venoms Antibacterial Profile: a Short Communication for Proteomics

Table 1

Antibacterial effect of Viperidae venoms against Gram-positive and Gram-negative drug-resistant clinical bacteria.

Strain	Inhibition zone (mm)^a
	A. rhodostoma	B. atrox	B. jararaca	L. muta
E. faecalis	16 ± 2	16 ± 2	13 ± 1	1 ± 1
S. epidermidis	16 ± 1	18 ± 2	0	0
S. aureus	13 ± 2	12 ± 1	16 ± 1	2 ± 1
E. coli	11 ± 1	7 ± 1	5 ± 2	0
S. morcencens	8 ± 1	8 ± 2	7 ± 1	1 ± 1
P. mirabilis	7 ± 1	7 ± 1	7 ± 1	2 ± 1
P. aeruginosa	8 ± 2	8 ± 1	8 ± 1	1 ± 1
E. calcoacetic	9 ± 1	6 ± 2	6 ± 2	2 ± 1
A. calcoacetic	1 ± 2	2 ± 1	1 ± 1	1 ± 1
K. pneumoniae	9 ± 1	10 ± 1	10 ± 2	0

^aThe values represent a venom inhibition zone in millimeters, after l8 h incubation performed in triplicate assays (𝑃<.005). Significant results were considered the halo >15 mm as vancomycin and ciprofloxacin presented halo = 15–17 and 23–25 mm, respectively.