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A Novel Bioreactor for High Density Cultivation of Diverse Microbial Communities
Published on: December 25, 2015
[Diversity and antimicrobial activities of cultivable bacteria isolated from Jiaozhou Bay]
Objective:
Marine microorganisms have a great potential in producing biologically active secondary metabolites. In order to study the diversity and antimicrobial activity, we explored 9 sediment samples in different observation sites of Jiaozhou bay.
Methods:
We used YPD and Z2216E culture medium to isolate bacteria from the sediments; 16S rRNA was sequenced for classification and identification of the isolates. Then, we used Oxford cup method to detect antimicrobial activities of the isolated bacteria against 7 test strains. Lastly, we selected 16 representatives to detect secondary-metabolite biosynthesis genes:PKSI, NRPS, CYP, PhzE, dTGD by PCR specific amplification.
Results:
A total of 76 bacterial strains were isolated from Jiaozhou bay; according to the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. These strains could be sorted into 11 genera belonging to 8 different families:Aneurinibacillus, Brevibacillus, Microbacterium, Oceanisphae, Bacillus, Marinomonas, Staphylococcus, Kocuria, Arthrobacters, Micrococcus and Pseudoalteromonas. Of them 34 strains showed antimicrobial activity against at least one of the tested strains. All 16 strains had at least one function genes, 5 strains possessed more than three function genes.
Conclusion:
Jiaozhou bay area is rich in microbial resources with potential in providing useful secondary metabolites.
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