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    • Reconfirmation of antimicrobial activity in the coelomic fluid of the earthwormEisenia fetida andrei by colorimetric assay

      Weidong Pan Xianghui Liu Feng Ge Tao Zheng

      Articles Volume 28 Issue 6 December 2003 pp 723-731

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    • Keywords

       

      Antimicrobial activity; column chromatography; earthworm; Eisenia fetida andrei ; Tetrazolium salt

    • Abstract

       

      A novel tetrazolium salt, 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulphophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium (MTS) was used in the assessment of antimicrobial activity in earthworm in the presence of phenazine methosulphate (PMS) as an electron coupling reagent. This activity was purified from the coelomic fluid of the earthworm (ECF),Eisenia fetida andrei (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae, annelids) using a series of column chromatography techniques and was tested against three Gram-negative strains ofEscherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Aeromonas hydrophila and three Gram-positive strains ofStaphylococcus aureus, Bacillus megaterium, Arthrobacter sp., respectively. Only the pigment-free eluate of coelomic fluid of the earthworm (ECFPE) showed activity againstB. megaterium amongst three isolated active fractions. The anion (DEAE-52) exchange effluent of the ECFPE was reported to have the strongest activity againstP. aeruginosa amongst the three active fractions. The 20% acetonitrile eluate (AE) by Sep-Pak C18 cartridge was also tested and showed fair resistance againstE. coli, P. aeruginosa andArthrobacter sp., respectively.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Weidong Pan1 2 Xianghui Liu1 Feng Ge1 Tao Zheng1 3

      1. State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
      2. Institute of Zoology, Beisihuan West Road 25, PO Box 27, Beijing - 100080, People’s Republic of China
      3. Bioelectromagnetic Laboratory, Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

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      Published
      December 2003
      Manuscript received
      31 October 2002
      Accepted
      11 September 2003

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