Table 3.
In vitro time-kill assessment of the antimicrobial agent against the test microorganisms
| Test bacterial strains | Log 10 Kill | Log 10 Kill | Log 10 Kill | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (½) X MIC | MIC | 2 X MIC | |||||||
| 0 h | 4 h | 8 h | 0 h | 4 h | 8 h | 0 h | 4 h | 8 h | |
| Bacillus subtilis MTCC 736 | 2.381 | 3.131 | 4.213 | 2.364 | 1.165 | 0.507 | 2.286 | 0.365 | −1.776 |
| Bacillus circulans MTCC 8074 | 2.456 | 3.233 | 4.336 | 2.478 | 1.213 | 0.578 | 2.346 | 0.389 | −1.501 |
| Bacillus megaterium MTCC 8075 | 2.234 | 3.691 | 4.821 | 2.227 | 1.186 | 0.515 | 2.242 | 0.296 | −1.875 |
| Staphylococcus aureus MTCC 96 | 2.487 | 2.756 | 3.251 | 2.491 | 0.959 | 0.367 | 2.475 | 0.198 | −2.075 |
| Staphylococcus aureus (Clinical isolate) | 2.983 | 3.423 | 4.206 | 2.907 | 0.979 | 0.406 | 2.915 | 0.203 | −1.953 |
| Micrococcus luteus MTCC 2987 | 2.169 | 2.792 | 3.042 | 2.127 | 1.146 | 0.723 | 2.217 | 0.401 | −1.637 |
| Mycobacterium phlei MTCC 1724 | 2.291 | 2.813 | 3.112 | 2.251 | 1.187 | 0.811 | 2.252 | 0.431 | −1.576 |
| Mycobacterium smegmatis MTCC 6 | 2.386 | 2.912 | 3.102 | 2.298 | 1.218 | 0.891 | 2.379 | 0.487 | −1.484 |