Fig 1.
The wasp Polistes wattii with its characteristic yellow coloration.
Fig 2.
a. Minimum inhibitory concentrations of wasp venom towards certain strains of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria; b. the heat map that represents the effect of venom on each bacterial species where the darker color indicates the highest effect.
Table 1.
Antimicrobial activity indicated as inhibition zone in (mm) of different wasp venom concentrations against selected pathogens.
Table 2.
Overall results of ANOVA test, including non-significant ranges.
Fig 3.
HPLC profile of Polistes wattii venom the two red circles indicated the two targeted peptides the chose for sequences.
Fig 4.
a. Discovery Studio software diagram represents the 3D orientation of mastoparan showing the spiral shape; b. Chem draw diagram which represents the molecular configuration of mastoparan: gray atoms represent Carbon, blue atoms represent Nitrogen, red atoms represent Oxygen and white atoms represent Hydrogen.
Table 3.
Amino acid sequences of tested mastoparan family of peptides.