Antimicrobial Activity of Bee Collected Pollen against Clostridia

Clostridium is an anaerobic, endospore forming Gram-positive bacillus genus containing many important pathogenic species. Many naturally occurring compounds present in plants, herbs, and spices have been shown to possess antimicrobial effect against foodborne pathogens. In the present study, the antimicrobial activities of the bee collected pollen samples were investigated. The antimicrobial activities were determined by using agar disc diffusion method against Clostridium genus. Antibacterial activity was assessed on the clostridia: Clostridium butyricum, Clostridium hystoliticum, Clostridium intestinale, Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium ramosum. The results of the disk diffusion method showed very different activity against all tested strains of clostridia. The best antimicrobial activity of bee collected pollen against C. butyricum and C. perfringens were found.