Antibacterial Activities of Honeybee Venom Produced under Different Storage Conditions

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Plant produc. Department, Fac. of Environ. of Agric. Sci.; Arish Univ., Egypt.

2 Environ. Protect. Department, Fac. of Environ. of Agric. Sci.; Arish University, Egypt.

Abstract

The work was evaluated, the activity of bees venom as antibacterial, which was collected from local honey bee hybrid (Carniolian hybrid Apis mellifera carnica) under different storage conditions against six pathogenic bacterial strains, including four Gram-positive bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus subtilis and two Gram-negative; Salmonella enterica and Escherichia coli. Different samples of bee venom had an inhibitory effect against all types of investigated bacteria. The minimum inhibitory concentration of bee venom was determined.  From these data, we can report that, when increasing the concentration of bee venom give more effectiveness against both bacterial strains "Gram-positive and negative bacteria".

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