Antibacterial Activity of <i>Ocimum tenuiflorum</i> against Drug Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Raw Beef.

ABSTRACT: Recent empirical evidence has acknowledged raw meat, particularly beef, as a significant reservoir for diverse foodborne pathogens and drug-resistant strains, posing severe threat to consumer health. This study aimed to isolate and identify drug-resistant bacteria from raw beef samples, obtained from different butcher shops in Khulna city, Bangladesh, as well as, to determine their susceptibility pattern against Ocimum tenuiflorum extracts. Raw beef samples were randomly collected from various butcher shops, followed by the initial isolation of thirty pure bacterial isolates. Later, 16S rRNA gene amplification and analysis identified twelve distinct bacterial species from those isolates. The antimicrobial susceptibility test results revealed ten of the isolates, including Klebsie

SUBMITTER: Tabassum T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11985415 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature