Staphylococcus aureus (SA) is an opportunistic human pathogen that can cause infections in humans, including atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema. Eczema is a skin condition where patients experience flare-ups characterized by redness, itchiness, dried skin, and may vary among individuals. Interestingly, there is a common pattern where all eczema patients' skin is colonized by SA, and treatm…
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacteria that has gained significant attention due to the emergence of antibiotic resistance. Some of the factors that contributed to the development of antibiotic resistance are associated with the formation of biofilm. Abelmoschus manihot and Tinospora crispa are recognised to have antimicrobial activity and its expected to have biofilm inhibitory effect. In this…
Staphylococcus aureus is an opportunistic pathogen that commonly inhabits the human skin and can cause skin infection, especially in individuals with impaired immune systems when skin is damaged. Treatments usually involve the usage of antibiotics. However, antibiotic effectiveness is in danger due to the fast development of resistant microorganisms worldwide. As a result, there is a growing …
Back slopping is referred to as the small inoculation of a previous successful fermentation product to the raw material, as the starter culture. One example of the traditional fermented product that utilizes the back-slopping methods is dadih. As it is an artisanal product that is made using traditional methods that involve humans and is prone to contamination, such as Staphylococcus aureus…
Indonesia is a country with high biodiversity and many plants' potential for pharmaceutical and biotechnology research. Pangium edule is one of the local Indonesian spices usually used for a specific cuisine. Currently, there are few studies of P. edule as a food preservative agent and none on its medicinal use. P. edule seeds contain antioxidants, alkaloids, and polyphenolic compounds, whic…
Calophyllum inophyllum or more commonly known as “Tamanu” in French Polynesia or “Nyamplung” in Indonesia, is one of the traditional medicine used in treating skin diseases as well as other cosmetic uses, with one of the most common diseases to be treated being atopic dermatitis. Exacerbations of the disease is generally caused by the attachment and growth of biofilm of Staphylococcus a…
The use of Tentragenococcus halophilus and zygosacchoromyces rouxii as soy sauce starter culture has been known to produce volatile aromatic and flavor confounding compounds, however none has exposed the microbial safety capability of these starter cultures. In this study, the effect of soy sauce starter inoculation against model pathogenic bacteria, staphylococcus aureus.