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Title: Antimicrobial activity of the pygidial gland secretion of three ground beetle species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Authors: Nenadić, Marija 
Soković, Marina
Glamočlija, Jasmina
Ćirić, Ana
Perić-Mataruga, Vesna
Ilijin, Larisa
Tešević, Vele
Vujisić, Ljubodrag
Todosijević, Marina
Vesović, Nikola 
Ćurčić, Srećko 
Keywords: Antibacterial activity;antifungal activity;Ground beetles;Human pathogens;Microdilution;Morpho-histology;Pygidial gland secretion
Issue Date: 1-Jan-2016
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Project: Serbian Ministry of Education, Science, and Technological Development (Grants Nos. 173038, 173032, 172053, and 173027).
EU Commission Project AREA, No. 316004.
Journal: Die Naturwissenschaften / Science of Nature
Abstract: 
The antimicrobial properties of the pygidial gland secretions released by the adults of the three ground beetle species, Carabus ullrichii, C. coriaceus, and Abax parallelepipedus, have been tested. Microdilution method was applied for detection of minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs), minimal bactericidal concentrations (MBCs), and minimal fungicidal concentrations (MFCs). Additionally, morpho-histology of the pygidial glands is investigated. 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 of C. ullrichii have showed the strongest antimicrobial effect against all strains of treated bacteria and fungi. Staphylococcus aureus, Lysteria monocytogenes, and Salmonella typhimurium proved to be the most sensitive bacterial strains. Penicillium funiculosum proved to be the most sensitivemicromycete, while P. ochrochloron and P. verrucosum var. cyclopium the most resistant micromycetes. The pygidial secretion of C. coriaceus has showed antibacterial potential solely against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and antifungal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus, A. versicolor, A. ochraceus, and P. ochrochloron. Antibacterial properties of pygidial gland secretion of A. parallelepipedus were achieved against P. aeruginosa, whileantifungal activity was detected against five of the eight tested micromycetes (A. fumigatus, A. versicolor, A. ochraceus, Trichoderma viride, and P. verrucosum var. cyclopium). Commercial antibiotics Streptomycin and Ampicillin and mycotics Ketoconazole and Bifonazole, applied as the positive controls, showed higher antibacterial/antifungal properties for all bacterial and fungal strains. The results of this observation might have a significant impact on the environmental aspects and possible medical purpose in the future.
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/125
ISSN: 0028-1042
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-016-1358-z
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