Center for Energy Research, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Department of Microbiology Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Abstract
The antibacterial activities of 2-Methyllimidazolium Chlorochromate (2MICC) were evaluated using standard techniques. Seven bacterial isolates comprising four gram positive and three gram negative bacteria were used as test organisms. The compound had activity against all the test bacteria with zones of inhibitions ranging between 22 to 41mm in diameter. The minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of the compound ranged between 100 and 175 microgml while the minimum bactecidal concentrations (MBC) were generally higher than the MIC and ranged between 175 and 225 microgml at killing rates of between 0.76 and 0.83%min-1, thus suggesting that 2-methyllimidazolium Chlorochromate (2-MICC) has tremendous potential as an antibacterial compound.