ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF PORCINE OVARIAN FOLLICULAR FLUID ON Bacillus cereus AND COLIFORM BACTERIA in vitro

Potential antimicrobial activity of follicular fluid and its selectivity remains open questions in field of human and animal reproduction. In our work we examine antimicrobial activity of porcine follicular fluid on coliform bacteria, as Gram-negative, and B. cereus, as Gram-positive, by incubation of different dilatations of bacteria with follicular fluid in cultivation medium and microbiological analysis followed by. According to our results, growth of coliform bacteria is stimulated by porcine follicular fluid and has an inhibitor effect on B. cereus, the most probably caused by lysozyme activity. Further study of the antimicrobial effect of follicular fluid against other strains and biochemical analysis in order to define its mechanism, are necessary.