Antagonistic activity of actinomycetes of Lake Baikal

It was demonstrated that actinomycetes of Lake Baikal are strong antagonists of other microorganisms. Representatives of the genera Streptomyces and Micromonospora inhibit the growth of bacteria isolated from the lake, as well as of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms causing various human diseases. Baikal actinomycetes display a wide range of antagonistic activity and are potential producers of new biologically active substances.     

Antagonistic activity of actinomycetes of Lake Baikal

It was demonstrated that the actinomycetes of Lake Baikal are strong antagonists of other microorganisms. Representatives of the genera Streptomyces and Micromonospora inhibit the growth of bacteria isolated from the lake, as well as of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms causing various human diseases. Baikal actinomycetes display a wide range of antagonistic activity and are potential producers of new biologically active substances.     

Antagonistic and plant growth promoting activities of endophytic and soil actinomycetes

The objective of this study was the isolation and screening of actinomycete isolates for antagonistic potential and plant growth promoting activities. A total of 321 isolates were recovered from different plants, their rhizospheric soils and non-rhizospheric soils of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh regions. Out of these, 62 were endophytic, 156 were rhizospheric and 103 were non-rhizospheric isolates. In primary screening (dual culture assay), 83 isolates antagonised one or more test phytopathogenic fungi. From these active isolates, 20 were found to be antagonistic in well diffusion assay (secondary screening) and most of them demonstrated broad spectrum inhibitory activity against five to six test fungi. Studies on plant growth promoting activities revealed that 12 showed abilities to produce indole acetic acid, 10 produced siderophores and 12 showed ammonia production. Phosphate solubilisation was observed in five isolates and four fixed atmospheric N₂. In addition, production of hydrolytic enzymes such as chitinase, amylase, cellulase and protease was demonstrated by five, twenty, eleven and eleven isolates, respectively. The results of this study indicate that these isolates may be used as biocontrol and plant growth promoting agents. Morphological and chemotaxonomic studies revealed that all the active isolates belonged to the genus Streptomyces     

Antagonistic actinomycetes from Moroccan soil to control the grapevine gray mold

One hundred and forty-two different actinomycete strains were isolated from rhizosphere soil of Vitis vinifera L. sampled from four Moroccan areas. To evaluate the antifungal effect of the different collected actinomycete isolates, five fungi known to be phytopathogens (Pythium ultimum, Fusarium oxyysporum f. sp. albedinis, Sclerotium rolfsii, Verticillium dahliae and Botrytis cinerea) were used. Results showed that 24 isolates had an in vitro inhibitory effect toward at least 4 of the indicator fungi, but only 9 inhibited all these phytopathogens. These nine isolates were subsequently evaluated individually using in vitro grapevine plantlets for their ability to protect against plant gray mold. We demonstrate here that pre-inoculation of plantlets with these isolates allow them to withstand Botrytis cinerea. Six of these strains were shown to belong to the genus Streptomyces and three to the genus Micromonospora. These findings indicate the potential of developing effective actinomycetes from Moroccan habitats for the biological control of Botrytis cinerea. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.     

Acidophilic soil actinomycetes

A clear-cut dependence of the distribution of acidophilic actinomycetes on the pH value of soil was established. Acidophilic actinomycetes were found to be present in soils whose pH does not exceed 6.8 (acid forest soils, lowland peaty soil, and ordinary chernozem) and not in slightly alkaline soils (chestnut sodic and alluvial meadow soils). In the acid lowland peaty soil, the species diversity of acidophilic streptomycetes was lesser than the species diversity of streptomycetes revealed in the same soil by using neutral medium.     

Alkaliphilic soil actinomycetes

The actinomycete complex of alkaline soils was found to be dominated by alkaliphilic streptomycetes, which showed maximal radial rates of colony growth at pH 8. At pH values of 7 and 10, the growth of these streptomycetes was poor. Alkaliphilic streptomycetes can be morphologically differentiated from other actinomycetes based on their high radial rates of colony growth and increased spore formation in alkaline media as compared to neutral media.     

Antagonistic properties and mutual relationships of some actinomycetes

Вгруппе из 93 изолированных свежевыжатые Анта-следующий символ-были исследованы: таксономия, антибиотик свойствами, характер производства антибиотиков и взаимоотношений-корабли между отдельными штаммов. Нумер ическом идентичные штаммы Альбус и helvolus се рии отличаются производства-ЛОР виды антибиотиков. Количественная представительства производителей антибиотиков не отличается только в два таксономических рядов, но и в некоторых из своих групп. Насколько их взаимные отношения беспокоит Наиболее эффективным и антагонистов в же время наиболее чувствительными измов являются те производства антибиотиков от типа и штаммов с анти-были весьма устойчивы. Взаимная реальном-страдали в различной степени питательных веществ в среднесрочной. Восемь штаммов отображаются торый был в-путем среднеи питательных веществ Длина культивирования. Штаммов экспонирование были мешать последо вательных штаммов производство противопехотных-одн ой и той же группы, как свою собственную. Обсуждение проблем возможностей микроорганизмов, обладающих различными антибиотика в различных свойств в-условиям и новым методом от возможного применения антибиотика свойств за их классификации или систематике.     

Anti-Fusarium activity of cyanobacteria and actinomycetes in soil and rhizosphere

The effect of cyanobacteria (Nostoc linckia, N. commune, and Microchaeta tenera) and streptomycetes on the pathogenic micromycete Fusarium was studied in laboratory simulation experiments. Interpopulational relationships in the rhizosphere of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and in soddy-podzolic soil were investigated.     

嗜酸丝状放线菌的选择性分离与多样性

摘要:【目的】针对酸性土壤中的嗜酸丝状放线菌,建立有效的选择性分离方法,并了解其多样性。【方法】用不同的样品预处理方式和分离培养基,并添加不同的抑制剂进行分离;根据放线菌的菌落数和出菌率确定最佳分离方法组合。采用最佳分离方法对从江西采集的17份酸性土壤样品进行分离;根据培养特征对分离菌株进行分群,进一步通过对各类群的显微形态观察和pH梯度生长实验确定代表菌株;对代表菌株进行16S rRNA基因序列分析研究其多样性。【结果】嗜酸丝状放线菌的最佳分离方法为：土壤样品经分散差速离心预处理后,涂布添加了放线菌酮、制霉菌素和萘啶酮酸（各50 mg/L）的GTV培养基。用此方法共分离到放线菌369株,归为10个不同的颜色类群,其中6.6%为严格嗜酸放线菌,72.4%为中度嗜酸放线菌,21.0%为耐酸放线菌。52株嗜酸放线菌代表菌株分布于放线菌目中的12个属：链霉菌属(Streptomyces)、小单孢菌属(Micromonospora) 、诺卡氏菌属(Nocardia)、野野村菌属(Nonomuraea) 、韩国生工属(Kribbella) 、小双孢菌属(Microbispora)、马杜拉菌属(Actinomadura)、拟无枝菌酸菌属(Amycolatopsis)、指孢囊菌属(Dactylosporangium)、伦茨氏菌属(Lentzea)、游动四孢菌属(Planotetraspora) 和链嗜酸菌属(Streptacidiphilus),其中链霉菌分离菌株在系统发育树上形成12个不同的进化类群。【结论】所建立的选择性分离方法可用于土壤嗜酸丝状放线菌的高效分离;江西酸性土壤含有丰富多样的嗜酸丝状放线菌种属。     

Antimicrobial and antifungal activity of soil actinomycetes isolated from coal mine sites

In the current study, twenty-eight soil samples were collected from coalmine sites of Telangana, India. The isolates were purified and identified based on their culture characterization on oatmeal agar, glycerol asparagine agar, yeast extract-malt extract agar, inorganic salt starch agar, and starch casein agar medium. Further, the supernatant of all the isolates were tested for antimicrobial and antifungal activities. The biochemical and microscopic studies of isolated strains results indicates the potential isolate strains belongs to Streptomyces genus. Among all the strains the biological activity of BHPL-KSKU5 showed higher anti-bacterial and anti-funagal activity. The molecular characterization of BHPL-KSKU5 16s rDNA gene sequence and phylogenetic tree showed that is mostly related to the Streptomysis felleus (S. felleus) strain. This isolate was submitted to gene bank NCBI with accession number MH553077. In addition, physiological studies such as utilization of carbon, nitrogen, amino acid sources of potential isolated were studied. Further, optimization, purification and characterization of the novel compound producing strain may be helpful for discovering the new therapeutic microbial agent.     

Chitinolytic activity of actinomycetes from a cerrado soil and their potential in biocontrol

The crude enzyme extracts from five actinomycetes selected from a cerrado soil presented very good endochitinolytic activity when compared to a commercial chitinase. Exochitinase and chitobiase activities were also detected. They were identified as Streptomyces, but could not be characterized to species level, probably corresponding to new ones. The crude extracts, obtained from growth on fungal mycelium plus chitin of three of the strains, have shown a very pronounced activity against phytopathogenic fungi. In tests using growing cells, all five strains were active. These data suggest that these strains are potential biocontrol agents.     

Antiphage activity of some actinomycetes

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Glucose oxidase activity of actinomycetes.

The ability of 311 actiomycete, belonging to 12 species to produce glucose oxidase was studied. It was found that 174 of them formed exoenzymes on solid medium and 133 in liquid medium. The composition of the nutrient medium has an essential effect on the amount of enzyme formed. Strains with considerably higher activity form a greater amount of exoenzymes on soya meal medium and on synthetic medium with KNO2. The highest activity of the culture liquid of some strains was observed between the 6th and 7th day of cultivation. During this phase of growth the highest productivity of the biomas was established.