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Title: Antimicrobial activity of the pygidial gland secretion of the troglophilic ground beetle Laemostenus (Pristonychus) punctatus (Dejean, 1828) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Authors: Nenadić, Marija 
Soković, Marina
Glamočlija, Jasmina
Cirić, Ana
Perić-Mataruga, Vesna
Tešević, Vele
Vujisić, Ljubodrag
Todosijević, Marina
Vesović, Nikola 
Ćurčić, Srećko 
Keywords: antibacterial activity;Antifungal activity;human pathogens;Laemostenus (Pristonychus) punctatus;microdilution;morphology;pygidial gland secretion
Issue Date: 1-Aug-2016
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2016
Project: Serbian Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development (Grants Nos. 173038, 173032, 172053, and 173027).
Journal: Bulletin of Entomological Research
Abstract: 
© Copyright 2016 Cambridge University Press. The antimicrobial activity of the pygidial gland secretion released by adult individuals of the troglophilic ground beetle Laemostenus (Pristonychus) punctatus (Dejean, 1828), applying microdilution method with the aim to detect minimal inhibitory concentration, minimal bactericidal concentration and minimal fungicidal concentration, has been investigated. In addition, morphology of the pygidial glands is observed. We have tested 16 laboratory and clinical strains of human pathogens - eight bacterial both gram-positive and gram-negative species and eight fungal species. The pygidial secretion samples have showed antimicrobial properties against all strains of treated bacteria and fungi. Micrococcus flavus proved to be more resistant compared with other bacterial strains. More significant antimicrobial properties of the secretion are observed against Escherichia coli, which proved to be the most sensitive bacteria. Aspergillus fumigatus proved to be the most resistant, while Penicillium ochrochloron and Penicillium verrucosum var. cyclopium the most sensitive micromycetes. Commercial antibiotics Streptomycin and Ampicillin and antimycotics Ketoconazole and Bifonazole, applied as positive controls, showed higher antibacterial properties for all bacterial and fungal strains, except for P. ochrochloron, which proved to be more resistant on Ketoconazole compared with the pygidial gland secretion of L. (P.) punctatus. Apart from the role in ecological aspects, the antimicrobial properties of the tested secretion possibly might have medical significance in the future.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/122
ISSN: 0007-4853
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485316000109
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