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Presented posters Al-Maaini, R. A, Cooper, R. and Burton, N. „Honey as an antimicrobial agent against multi-drug resistant Gram negative bacterial rods‟, poster presented in the Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) 2010 Summer Meeting, Brighton, 5-8 July 2010. 14
Index of Tables Tables Title Page Table 1.1 Honey composition 26 Table 1.2 Comparisons between peroxide and non-peroxide honey 33 Table 2.1 Media, Chemicals and Reagents used for general experiment in the project Table 2.2 Chemicals and Reagents used for electron microscopy experiment in the project Table 2.3 Chemicals and Reagents used for 2- dimensional electrophoresis experiment in the project Table 2.4 Equipment used in general experiments in the project 44 Table 2.5 Equipment used in electron microscopy and 2-dimentional Table 2.6 electrophoresis experiments in the project Thirty isolates of MDR Acinetobacter and their resistance pattern Table 2.7a Clinical isolates of E.coli & Klebsiella provided for this study Table 2.7b Clinical isolates of Citrobacter, Enterobacter & Serratia provided for this study Table 2.8 List of honeys used in this project 51 Table 2.9 Preparation of phenol standards 52 Table 2.10 Preparation of gallic acid standard solutions 60 Table 2.11 Preparation of varying concentration of honey solution from 40% (w/v) stock honey for MIC method Table 2.12 Preparation of tubes for MICs 65 Table 2.13: Cultures and honey concentrations used in the time-kill curves 15 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 64 67
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Page 3 and 4: 1.2.3 Emergence of ESBL: 9 1.2.4 Ri
Page 5 and 6: 2.2.1 Honey sample collection: 51 2
Page 7 and 8: 2.5 Effect of honey on bacterial st
Page 9 and 10: viable count 3.4.2.1 Acinetobacter
Page 11 and 12: Declaration This work has not previ
Page 13: Acknowledgments I wish to express m
Page 17 and 18: Index of Tables (Continued) Tables
Page 19 and 20: Index of Figures Figure Title Page
Page 21 and 22: Index of Figures (Continued) Figure
Page 27 and 28: ESBL- Extended spectrum beta lactam
Page 29 and 30: TEM- Temoneira UTI- Urinary tract i
Page 31 and 32: Chapter 1 Introduction 31
Page 33 and 34: such as methicillin resistant Staph
Page 35 and 36: Beta-lactamases in this classificat
Page 37 and 38: cefotaxime faster than ceftazidime;
Page 39 and 40: 1.2.3 Emergence of ESBL: The produc
Page 41 and 42: Acinetobacter spp are widespread in
Page 43 and 44: many secretions of normal people an
Page 45 and 46: 1.3.4.1 The production of exopolysa
Page 47 and 48: 1.3.5 Emergence of Resistance: A.ba
Page 49 and 50: In the last few years resistant str
Page 51 and 52: More recently, a study was carried
Page 53 and 54: Gideonsen 2005), malignant ulcers (
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Another study compared the effectiv
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of raw honey samples from Acacia, h
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1.5 Aims and Objectives: The aim of
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The materials used throughout this
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Table 2.3: Chemicals and Reagents u
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Table 2.5: Equipment used in electr
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Fifty five clinical isolates belong
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2.1 Characterization of test organi
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2.2 Characterization of honey sampl
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transfered into a large square assa
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2.2.3 Determination of pH: This met
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once the tubing opened at one end a
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was re-suspended in 1 ml liquefied
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difference between this absorbance
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and Omani honey (B) with hydrogen p
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2.3.1.2 Broth dilution method: 2.3.
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2.4 Time Kill Curve Assay: 2.4.1 St
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2.5.1.2 Preparation of cells in the
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2.5.2.2 Preparation of cells for tr
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Table 2.14: Reagents and buffers us
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samples (Fig 2.3). Each sample was
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tray was covered and wrapped in sar
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Chapter 3 Results 109
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Table 3.1a: Identification and anti
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Table 3.2: Confirmation of identity
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The diameter of the zones of inhibi
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Table 3.7: Antibacterial activity o
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with visual estimation. The colour
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Figure 3.3: Image of pollen present
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3.3 Determination of antibacterial
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3.3.1.2 Broth dilution method: The
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The MIC range of 30 Acinetobacter i
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Mean MIC and MBC (%w/v) values of m
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Table 3.15: Susceptibility of 15 En
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3.3.2 Sensitivity of MDR and ESBLs
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Table 3.18: Susceptibility of 11 Kl
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Table 3.20: Susceptibility of 15 En
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Table 3.22: Susceptibility of 8 Ser
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3.4 Time Kill Curves One representa
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Figure 3.6: The effect of manuka ho
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3.4.2 Inhibition of test organisms
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This data was done in triplicate Nu
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This data was done in triplicate Fi
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Figure 3.15: The effect of manuka h
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All isolates showed statistically s
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Figure 3.16: Growth curve of Acinet
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Figure 3.20: Growth curve of Citrob
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(Table 3.26). The length of individ
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Figure 3.24: SEM micrograph of untr
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Figure 3.28: SEM micrographs of unt
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C D Cell division Multiple septa in
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Figure 3.31: SEM micrographs of Aci
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3.5.2.3 SEM of Klebsiella Klebsiell
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Figure 3.39: SEM micrographs of Kle
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Figure 3.40: SEM micrographs of Kle
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C D 189
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3.5.2.5 SEM of Citrobacter For Citr
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Figure 3.47: SEM micrographs of Cit
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Figure 3.49: SEM micrographs of Cit
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Table 3.26: Comparison of changes i
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Figure 3.54: Transmission micrograp
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3.5.2.2. TEM for E.coli: TEM images
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Figure 3.62: 2-D protein electropho
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“The therapeutic potential of unc
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Non-peroxide honey shown to be effe
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Sugars are the major content of hon
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Acacia (thorn trees), Myrtacae euca
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major wound pathogens, consistently
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MIC % (w/v) Previous studies MIC %
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Figure 4.3: Mean MIC and MBC (%w/v)
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4.4 Inhibition of test organisms by
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honey chemistry. Nevertheless, obse
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In TEM, the cell membrane was inter
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with more than (3-log10 reduction).
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To date there is little research on
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The effect of defensin peptide was
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4.6 Further investigations: There i
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Chapter 5 References 245
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� Al-Jabri, A. A., Nzeako, B. C.,
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� Bang, L. M., Buntting, C. and M
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� Bou, G., Oliver, A. and Martine
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� Cooper, R. (2005) The Antimicro
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� Efem, S. E., Udoh, K. T. and Iw
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� Greenwood, D., Finch, P., Davey
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� Kagan, B.L., Ganz, T. and Lehre
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esistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-
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� Murray, P. R., Baron, E. J., Jo
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� Scholar, E. M. and Pratt, W. B.
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� Subrahmanyam, M. (1998) A prosp
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� Wadi, M., Al-Amin, H., Farouq,
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