Journal: Genes
Article Title: Preliminary Assessment of Arnica montana L. Extract: Antimicrobial Activity Against Acinetobacter baumannii and Biofilm-Related Gene Expression Profiling
doi: 10.3390/genes16121473
Figure Lengend Snippet: Light inverted microscopy observation of the subinhibitory MIC antibiofilm effects of the Arnica montana ethanolic extract on Acinetobacter baumannii reference strains (ATCC 19606 and ATCC BAA-3252 under stationary conditions (2000× magnification, 20 µm scale bar, Olympus DP22 automated inverted light microscope, CellSens Dimensions 2.3 software, Olympus Corporation, Tokio, Japan). Explanatory notes: OD 570 ± SD—median values of OD 570 of four replicates with standard deviation; MAOB—measured area occupied by biofilm (%) calculated via ImageJ 1.54g software (US National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA); strain control without extract means the 100% growth of the non-treated bacterial strain.
Article Snippet: The arnica extract (initial concentration of 30,000 μg/mL) was tested on biofilm cells at twelve different concentrations (corresponding to dilutions at the antimicrobial assay), including subinhibitory concentrations of 1⁄2 and 1⁄4 MIC, as well as 2- and 4-fold the respective planktonic MIC (2 × and 4 × MIC), which significantly inhibited biofilm formation across both reference A. baumannii ATCC 19606 and ATCC BAA-3252 strains ( ).
Techniques: Inverted Microscopy, Light Microscopy, Software, Standard Deviation, Control