Antibiotic activity (human, phytopathogenic & environmental pathogens)

a)  General susceptibility (antibiotic spectrum) tests

  • Gram-positive bacteria (Bacillus subtilis, Mammaliicoccus lentus)
  • Gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas fluorescens)
  • Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

b) Specific panel of assays

Human-associated pathogenic bacteria and fungi

ESKAPE panel pathogens

  • Enterococcus faecium
  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae
  • Acinetobacter baumannii
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Enterobacter species (Escherichia coli)

Skin associated bacteria and fungi

  • Staphylococcus epidermidis
  • Cutibacterium acnes (Acne)
  • Staphylococcus aureus and  MRSA  (Inflammation, septicaemia)
  • Brevibacterium epidermidis
  • Dermabacter hominis
  • Candida albicans
  • Trichophyton rubrum, T. mentagrophytes, Microsporum canis (Athlete’s foot)

Additional human pathogens

  • Enterococcus faecalis (GI and nosocomial infections, septicaemia)
  • Enterococcus casseliflavus (bloodstream infection)
  • Enterococcus hirae (urinary tract infection)
  • Vibrio cholerae (Cholera disease)
  • Leifsonia aquatic (septicemia)
  • Shewanella algae (pneumonia)
  • Vibrio alginolyticus (eye, ear and wound infection)
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus (food poisoning)
  • Candida glabrata and C. albicans (Skin diseases, septicaemia, wound infections)
  • Candida auris (infection of bloodstream and central nervous system)
  • Cryptococcus neoformans (Cryptococcosis, opportunistic infection in AIDS)

Phytopathogenic panel (plant/crop diseases)

  • Xanthomonas campestris (Various plant diseases, including black rot disease)
  • Pseudomonas syringae (Leaf spot diseases)
  • Erwinia amylovora (Fire blight)
  • Ralstonia solanacearum (Wilt in e.g. potato)
  • Zymoseptoria tritici (Septoria leaf blotch in wheat)
  • Phytophthora infestans (Potato blight)
  • Botrytis cinerea (Botrytis bunch rot, grey mould)
  • Pyricularia oryzae (rice blast)
  • Verticillium longisporum (wilt of rape)

Marine environmental panel

  • Lactococcus garvieae
  • Algicola bacteriolytica (Red spot disease of Saccharina japonica),
  • Pseudoalteromonas elyakovii (Causing spots on brown algae)
  • Vibrio alginolyticus
  • Vibrio anguillarum (Fish and invertebrate pathogen)
  • Vibrio coralliilyticus (tissue lysis at corals)
  • Aliivibrio  fischeri (Quorum sensing potential)
  • Vibrio harveyi
  • Vibrio ichthyoenteri
  • Vibrio parahaemolyticus
  • Vibrio splendidus
  • Acremonium fuci
  • Corollospora marina

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