RESEARCH ARTICLES

Volume 7 |Issue 5| Sept-Oct 2019                                 First published: 30 October 2019

Study on the ear microbes of school going children

1Nitin P Meshram and 2K Roychoudhury

1Department of Zoology, 2Department of Microbiology, S. K. Porwal College, Kamptee (M.S). [India]

*Corresponding author Email: nitinmesh2015@gmail.com

Abstract

The mammalian ear is the organ of hearing and balance. The ear usually described and divided in to three parts- outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. The outer ear consists of the pinna and the ear canal. The middle ear consists of tympanic cavity and three ossicles The inner ear located in the bony labyrinth contains key structure to various senses. This very important sense organ more prone to several infections. The ear infections are caused by a wide variety of organisms including Staphylococcus, streptococcus, Candida albicans, Aspergillus etc. The study was carried out in the school going children because they are highly diversified with the ear microbial flora. The present work involves the studies of ear microbes of the school going children. For this purpose the ear samples were collected from randomly selected 20 school going children of age group 10 to 15 years, with the help of sterile Johnson bud, samples were taken and diluted in a sterile 1ml of distilled water in sterile sample bottle. All the 20 samples were streaked over NA (Nutrient Agar) by four way streaking within two hours of collection of samples. Plates were incubated at 370 C for 24-48 hrs. from these 9 different isolates were selected. Microscopic Examination and Biochemical Characterization were carried out for these 9 selected samples. The results were found includes, more than 78% of the microflora consisted of Gram+ve organisms. Three out of 9 isolates of Gram +ve motile cocci. The major group being Staphylococcus epidermidis. The Lactose fermenting highly motile non E-coli Gram –ve organisms. All the 9 isolates were found to be sensitive to vancomycin.

Keywords: Mammal, Ear Microbes, Nutrient Agar, Johnson bud, Vancomycin.

Editor: Dr.Arvind Chavhan

Cite this article as:
Meshram Nitin P and Roychoudhury K. Study on the ear microbes of school going children, Int. Res. Journal of Science & Engineering, 2019, 7 (5): 105-114.

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