Figure 1: Three selected orchids Acampe papilosa (A), Aerides odorata (B) and Acampe ochracea (C) from Karimganj District, Assam of North Eastern India
Three strains of E. coli were selected as test organisms. These were collected from Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT) and Genei (Bangaluru). Among those, the latter two were resistant against Kanamycin & Ampicillin respectively.