Seasonal Variation in Antimicrobial Activity of Crude Extracts of sp. 1 from Phillips Reef, South Africa.

Marine invertebrates constitute a diverse group of marine organisms beneficial to humanity due to their therapeutic significance. The marine sponge species sp. 1 was collected from Philips Reef, South Africa, over a four-season period and assayed for antimicrobial potential.

Antibiotic Sensitivity Profiling and Virulence Potential of Isolates from Estuarine Water in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

is a zoonotic microbe and a major causative organism of diarrheal infection in humans that often has its functional characteristics inactivated in stressed conditions. The current study assessed the correlation between recovered and water quality parameters and the drug sensitivity patterns of the pathogen to frontline antibiotics in human and veterinary medicine. Water samples ( = 244) from rivers/estuarines were collected from April⁻September 2016, and physicochemical conditions were recorded on-site.

Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Recreational Waters and Beach Sand in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

: Resistance of to commonly used antibiotics is linked to their ability to acquire and disseminate antimicrobial-resistant determinants in nature, and the marine environment may serve as a reservoir for antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This study determined the antibiotic sensitivity profile of isolated from selected beach water and intertidal beach sand in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. : Two hundred and forty-nine beach sand and water samples were obtained from 10 beaches from April 2015 to April 2016.