Antimicrobial activity of honey from the stingless bee Trigona carbonaria determined by agar diffusion, agar dilution, broth microdilution and time-kill methodology

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1534-1543

  Boorn, K L ^a   Khor, Y Y ^a   Sweetman, E ^a   Tan, F ^a   Heard, T A ^b   Hammer, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibacterial; Minimum inhibitory concentration; MRSA; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; POLYSACCHARIDES; YEAST;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBACTERIALS; CONCENTRATION RANGES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICRODILUTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MRSA; SPECTRA'S; WOUND;

CANDIDA;

MEDIHONEY; NATURAL PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; HONEY; HONEYBEE; INHIBITION;

AGAR DIFFUSION; AGAR DILUTION; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEE; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HONEY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; MELIPONINAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRIGONA CARBONARIA;

EID: 77950670559     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04552.x     Document Type: Article

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