Outdoor Bacteriological Investigations in Budapest: Description of the results on morphological, physiological, ecological and antibiotics sensitivity

Muftah Khalifa Kilani1, Kanjo Abdul Hamid2

1 Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Microbiology, Budapest, Hungary
2 Metropolitan Institute of State Public Health and Health Officer Service, Bacteriology Department, Budapest, Hungary
 
Corresponding author: Muftah Khalifa Kilani
Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Microbiology
1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 4/a. Hungary
Tel.: (+36) 1 266-1148
FAX: (+36) 1 266-1148

CEJOEM 1998, Vol.4. No.2.:179-191


Key words:
Outdoor, airborne, bacteriological pollution; antibiotics sensitivity; ecological tests. 
Abstract:
The Earth’s atmosphere is teeming with airborne micro-organisms. Most outdoor airborne bacteria are known to be originating from natural sources such as soil, animals, and men. These organisms are thought to exhibit correlation with air pollution and weather. Several early investigations were undertaken to determine the relationship between the number of viable bacteria found in the air and various meteorological parameters, such as temperature, humidity, and wind speed. Several morphological, biochemical, physiological, and ecological tests were carried out. Nearly 100% of our strains were catalase positive, a great proportion of the strains were Gram positive, according to the tolerance tests were varied, the coccide strains were more tolerant to different salt concentration, opposed to rods exhibiting better tolerance to temperature. Sensitivity tests were carried out by the diffusion method using Mueller–Hinton medium (1941). Specific antibiotics were chosen. Varying sensitivity values were obtained; however, the highest degree of sensitivity could be detected in case of Gentamycine and Vancomycin whereas the highest values of resistance were detected with Pefloxacine. 

Received: 26 November 1997
Accepted: 20 February 1998 
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Posted: 15 November 1998