Antibiotic activity of the antioxidant drink effective Microorganism-X (EM-X) extracts against common nosocomial pathogens: an in vitro study

Abstract

EM-X is a mixed consortium of beneficial microorganisms of natural occurrence (lactic bacteria, yeast and photosynthetic bacteria). The aim of this study is to evaluate the antimicrobial activity in-vitro of EM-X to the principal pathogens isolated in clinical settings and to understand if it could be a suitable adjuvant to synthetic antibiotics. According the World Health Organization we performed antimicrobial assays to the main pathogens usually found in hospital wards. After antimicrobial testing, EM-X has been shown to be most effective at a concentration of 40 mg/ml four time concentrated than the commercial original solution (10 mg/ml). The EM-X antimicrobial action, although effective against bacteria, has proved to be ineffective against the candida genus. This active range of concentration (mg/ml) may prove a very weak action of EM, but further investigations will be done to separate the active substances form the inactive ones in this complex mixture.

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Keywords:

• EM-X
• effective microorganisms
• antibiotic activity
• flavonoids
• nosocomial bacteria

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Funding

This work was supported by the European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions H2020 RISE Metable – 645693.