?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Antibacterial+Activity+of+Culture+Extracts+of+Penicillium+chrysogenum+PCL501%3A+Effects+of+Carbon+Sources&rft.creator=Onyegeme-Okerenta%2C+BM&rft.creator=Chinedu%2C+SN&rft.creator=Okafor%2C+UA&rft.creator=Okochi%2C+VI&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Penicillium+chrysogenum+PCL501+produced+%CE%B2-lactam+antibiotics+when+fermented+with+different+agro-wastes%3A+cassava+shavings%2C+corncob%2C+sawdust+and+sugarcane+pulp.+In+vitro+antibacterial+activity+of+the+culture+extracts+was+tested+against+four+clinical+bacterial+isolates%2C+namely%2C+Bacillus+subtilis%2C+Escherichia+coli%2C+Klebsiella+pneumoniae+and+Pseudomonas+aeruginosa.+All+the+culture+extracts+and+standard+drug+(commercial+Benzyl+Penicillin)+inhibited+the+growth+B.+subtilis+and+E.+coli%3B+the+potency+varied+with+carbon+source.+Antibacterial+activity+of+extracts+from+cultures+containing+cassava+shavings+and+sugarcane+pulp+was+comparable+with+that+of+the+standard+drug.+The+MIC+against+the+susceptible+organisms+was+0.20mg%2Fml+for+the+standard+drug+and+ranged+from+0.40+to+1.50mg%2Fml+for+the+culture+extracts.+Neither+the+culture+extracts+nor+the+standard+drug+inhibited+K.+pneumoniae+and+P.+aeruginosa%3B+the+bacterial+strains+produced+%CE%B2-lactamase+enzymes.+Cassava+shavings+and+sugarcane+pulp+are+indicated+as+suitable+cheap+carbon+sources+for+the+production+of+antibiotics+by+Penicillium+chrysogenum+PCL501.&rft.publisher=Dr.+BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2009-05-05&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6567%2F1%2F2009-1-9.pdf&rft.identifier=++Onyegeme-Okerenta%2C+BM+and+Chinedu%2C+SN+and+Okafor%2C+UA+and+Okochi%2C+VI++(2009)+Antibacterial+Activity+of+Culture+Extracts+of+Penicillium+chrysogenum+PCL501%3A+Effects+of+Carbon+Sources.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6567%2F