Abstract
A total number of 64 bacterial strains isolated from two volcanic tuff
rock located in Teisani, Prahova and Malul Alb, Buzau areas were
investigated for ability to producing factor with antagonistic activity
(AF). From these, 59 strains have the ability to synthesis AF acting
against other strains isolated from these ecosystems. Some of the
strains (1-2 and 1-7 respectively, isolated from Malul Alb) are acting
as antimicrobial against pathogenic strains Staphyloccocus aureus and
Lysteria monocytogenes. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
and X-Ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis revealed a chemically composition
based on the compounds of silica, calcium, potassium, aluminum, iron and
titanium as well as the presence of groups characteristic to organic
compounds. A relatively high number of microbial strains as
colony-forming units (CFU) were quantified at 7x104 for the Teişani
sample and 1.5x105 for the Malul Alb sample per gram of rock.