Figure 5.
Antimicrobial effect of the kefir 1 fractions. Mass higher and lower than10 kDa at pH 5 (a–d); mass between 1 and 10 kDa at pH 5 (e, f); mass between 1 and 10 kDa at pH 7 (g, h); mass lower than 1 kDa at pH 5 (i, j) and mass lower than 1 kDa at pH 7 (k, l). The antimicrobial effect of the fractions were determined against MRSA and P. aeruginosa (PA). Accordingly, the MRSA and PA cultures were incubated with Mueller Hinton medium (MH) either in the presence or absence of the molecular fractions. After 18 h incubation at 37 °C, the proliferation (a, c, e, g, i, k) and the CFU (b, d, f, h, j, l) were quantified in order to determine their bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects respectively. *Statistically significant (p ≤ 0.05) difference between experimental and control (bacteria incubated only with MH) groups.