In-Vitro Study of Allium Sativum Fresh Juice on Barber Shop Utensils Microbial Isolates

Microorganisms are omnipresent. Thus, the pages on which we pen down our imagination are also the habitat for these microbes, with this in mind , we screened Eleven barber shops utensils like combs, brush, clippers and apron in diverse places of Bangalore. A variety of selective and differential microbial media were used for presumptive identification of contaminating microorganisms which were authenticated by Gram – staining and observation under the microscope. On performing various biochemical tests such as Catalase, Oxidase , Starch hydrolysis, Gelatin, Coagulase test and Mannitol fermentation test we identified the organisms as Staphylococcus aureus ,Bacillus subtillus and Enterococcus faecium. Antibacterial tests were performed in – vitro by using Allium sativum fresh juice to study its role on the inhibition of these pathogens.