Predatory potentials of novel isolates against multidrug-resistant and extremely drug-resistant bacterial pathogens of animals and plants.

Unlabelled: and like organisms (BALOs) predate on Gram-negative bacteria selectively, which holds promise as an alternate to combat against multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens. In this study, two strains designated MPR17 and MPR18 were isolated from water samples by double-layer agar technique using as prey and investigated for their predatory potentials against six pathogenic Gram-negative, MDR and XDR bacteria. Both the BALOs preyed on all the tested bacteria including , , , , , and with different killing rates.