African Journal of Biotechnology Vol. 6 (15), pp. 1837-1839, 6 August 2007   

ISSN 1684–5315 © 2007 Academic Journals        

Full Length Research Paper

Antimicrobial substances produced by bacteria isolated from different Jordanian sources that are active against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Nasser M. El-Banna¹, Samar S. Quddoumi² and Hitham Daradka¹

¹Department of Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Science, Jerash Private University, Jerash, Jordan.

²National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer (NCARTT), Albaq^,a, Jordan.

*Corresponding author. E-mail: nasserelbanna@yahoo.com. Fax. 00962 2 6350520.

Accepted 22 June, 2007

We report here the preliminary antimicrobial activity of substances produced by Bacillus subtilis NB-6 (air flora isolate), Bacillus megaterium NB-3 (air flora isolate), Burkholderia mallei NB-8 (water isolate) and Corynebacterium kutscheri NB-1 (soil isolate) against a number of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The MRSA were isolated from sheep, bovine, camel and poultry meat samples collected from retails shops and slaughter houses located in Amman area, Jordan. B. mallei NB-8 and C. kutscheri NB-1 were found to possess a good antimicrobial activity against MRSA strains.

Key words: Antimicrobial activity, Bacillus, Burkholderia, Corynebacterium, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus