Comparative Study on the in vitro Antibacterial Efficacy of Aqueous and Methanolic Extracts of Quercus infectoria Gall`s Against Cellulosimicrobium cellulans

The in vitro antibacterial efficacy of aqueous and methanolic extract of Quercus infectoria Olivier (Fagaceae) galls was tested against Cellulosimicrobium cellulans using extract concentration ranging from 0.25 to 4 mg mL-1. Both types of extract showed significant inhibition of C. cellulans growth with strong correlation between extract concentrations and degrees of antibacterial activity for concentrations ranging from 0.5 to 4 mg mL-1. Although, slight reduction of average diameter of inhibition zones after 24 h of incubation for aqueous extract (0.96 ± 0.148 cm) compared to methanolic extract (1.00 ± 0.182 cm), both extracts still attained the MIC value beginning at a concentration of 0.5 mg mL-1 but established higher concentration for the MBC at 2 mg mL-1. The antibacterial activity of methanolic extract was also significantly affected by the temperature with an optimum inhibition zone being obtained at 30 °C (1.38 ± 0.05 cm) and this was reduced to approximately 20% at temperatures of above 50 °C

Antibacterial activity of methanolic crude extracts from selected plant against Bacillus cereus

Bacillus cereus is a well-known food-poisoning bacterium. In this study, six methanolic crude extracts, from Azadirachta indica, Choromolaena odorata, Justicia gendarussa, Mangifera odorata, Strobilanthes crispus and Tinospora crispa, were investigated for their antibacterial activities against B. cereus. For this purpose, different concentrations of the methanol solvent crude extract from selected plants were used (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, and 20 mg/ml) and the diameter of B. cereus growth inhibition zone was measured at every 24 hours for 5 days. The antibacterial assay for all the crude extracts showed the inhibition of B. cereus growth by concentrations ranging from 2 mg/ml to 20 mg/ml, with a significant correlation between the extract concentrations and degrees of antibacterial activity. Rapid formation of inhibition zones within 24 hours of incubation was obtained, before a slight reduction in the inhibition of the diameter of zone was observed after 120 hours of incubation. The Minimal Inhibition Concentration (MIC) value for J. gendarussa, M. odorata and S. crispus crude extracts were at 2 mg/ml, while A. indica, C. odorata and T. crispa were at 6 mg/ml, 8mg/ml and 10 mg/ml, respectively. However, the Minimal Bactericidal Concentration (MBC) for all the crude extracts were at much higher concentration with the crude extract of J. gendarussa, M. odorata and S. crispus obtained the MBC values at 6mg/ml, whereas A. indica, C. odorata and T. crispa were at 10 mg/ml

Nuclear-moment measurement using highly spin-aligned RI beams: Recent activities at RIBF

International audienceThe magnetic dipole moment and the electric quadrupole moment are the nuclear moments that provide us with key information about the proton and neutron configurations in a nucleus and the shape of a nucleus, respectively. In the study of nuclear structure through the measurement of the nuclear moments, a technique to produce spin orientation of rare-isotope beams has played important roles. Recently, a scheme of the two-step projectile fragmentation was developed to produce high spin alignment in RI beams and was applied to the frontier of the study for nuclear structure of neutron-rich nuclei, such as $^{75}$Cu and $^{99}$Zr. The recent activities of the nuclear-moment measurements using highly spin-aligned beams at RIKEN RIBF are reported