Study of the effect of locally manufactured Nanopentonite in reducing Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from wounds and burns.

Abstract

This study aims to test the efficiency of locally manufactured  Nanopentonite clay in inhibiting the growth of pseudomonas aeruginosa, where 40 isolates were obtained, distributed by 20 isolates from wounds and 20 isolates from burns, and were obtained from the Department of biology/collage of science/Al-Mustansiriyah University .The result of all the isolates under study showed their ability to produce the biofilm at a rate of 100% but to varying degrees in terms of the severity of the biofilm formation, and the results showed that the addition of nanoparticle clay at the rates of 1%,2%,3% and 4% led to the limitation of bacterial growth. The study was of different proportions were the highest rate of inhibition was at a concentration of 4% and a rate of inhibition was at concentration of 4% (19-22)mm for wound isolates and a rate of (20-22)mm for burn isolates and the lowest rate of inhibition was at 1% and a diameter of (3-5)mm for isolates of wounds and burns.