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Modified microassay for the isolation of antimicrobial-producing, spore-forming and nonspore-forming bacteria
M M Gerst1, A E Yousef1,2
1Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Aims:
To develop a microassay method to detect antimicrobials produced by spore-forming bacteria, thus speeding up the discovery of new antimicrobials.
Methods And Results:
Environmental isolates were grown in 96-well plates, to allow production of antimicrobial agents, then treated with lysozyme and heated sequentially. Lysozyme heat treatment inhibited or prevented spore-to-cell transformation, thus eliminating interference from spore outgrowth while detecting antimicrobials by indicator bacteria. Supplementation of the indicator strain medium with 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride, as a vital stain, made it easy to rapidly differentiate between antimicrobial-deficient (indicator growth) and antimicrobial-containing (no growth) wells. The method was used to rapidly screen 657 bacteria isolated from eight soil samples. Results revealed 46 Bacillus sp. producing antimicrobials against Listeria sp., and a Bacillus sp. producing antimicrobial(s) against Escherichia coli.
Conclusions:
A microassay method was successfully developed and implemented to screen and detect antimicrobial agents from spore-forming, in addition to nonspore-forming, bacteria.
Significance And Impact Of The Study:
Antimicrobials are needed to combat antibiotic- and preservative-resistant bacteria. Spore-forming bacteria are prolific producers of antimicrobials. This assay will speed the discovery of antimicrobials from spore-forming bacteria; these new antimicrobials are urgently needed in food and medicinal applications.
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