Investigation of Antimicrobial and Antifungal Effects of Some Boron Compounds

The importance of boron for human life is increasing day by day, and its usage areas are gradually expanding thanks to the developing science and technology. In the present study, antifungal and antimicrobial effects of ammoniumbiborate, lithiummetaboratedehydrate and potassiumtetraborate were investigated. Disc difussion metod was used for determine antimicrobial and antifungal effects. In the study streptomycin standart discs were used as positive control. Boron compounds were showed antimicrobial and antifungal effects on Enterococcus faecalis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC 29212);, Streptococcus pyogenes insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC 19615);, Pseudomonas aeruginosa insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC 27853);, Enterobacter aerogenes insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC 13048);, Escherichia coli insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC 35218);, Proteus mirabilis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC 7002);, Candida tropicalis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC13803);, Citrobacter freundii insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC 8090);, Bacillus subtilis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC6633);, Burkholderia Cepacia insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(ATCC25608);. As a conclusion, our results showed that these boron compounds may use as antimicrobial and anti fungal agents.