Journal: Antibiotics
Article Title: Assessment of Oral Microbial Viability by 2,6-Dichlorophenolindophenol a Redox Agent
doi: 10.3390/antibiotics14060590
Figure Lengend Snippet: The effect of amoxicillin on ( A ): DCIP-reducing activity, and ( B ): growth, of A. viscosus . Bacteria were cultured at 37 °C in anaerobic chamber for 24 h in the presence of antibiotic at the indicated concentrations. DCIP reduction assay was performed at the end of culture. Percent change in OD at 595 nm at the end of culture relative to the start is a measure of growth. Results are shown as means of DCIP-reducing activity from triplicate samples ± standard deviation. In comparison to untreated controls, antibiotic treated bacterial cultures demonstrated statistically significant reductions in DCIP results by t -tests ( p < 0.05).
Article Snippet: Oral bacteria Actinomyces viscosus (ATCC 19246), Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans (ATCC 43718) and Streptococcus mutans (ATCC 25175) were cultured in Brain Heart Infusion broth, while Veillonella atypica (ATCC 27215) in was cultured in Peptone Yeast Extract broth, at 37 °C, in an anaerobic chamber for 48 h. Prior to experiments, bacteria were centrifuged and resuspended in fresh medium to an optical density of 0.8 (for A. viscosus ) and 0.3 for the other strains at 600 nm.
Techniques: Activity Assay, Bacteria, Cell Culture, Standard Deviation, Comparison