Phylogenetic analysis and screening of antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from the Weihai Solar Saltern (China) |
| |
Authors: | Lei Chen Guangyu Wang Tong Bu Yunbin Zhang Yixin Wang Ming Liu Xiukun Lin |
| |
Institution: | (1) Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 266071 Qingdao, People’s Republic of China;(2) College of Marine Science, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, 264209 Weihai, People’s Republic of China;(3) Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100039 Beijing, People’s Republic of China;(4) College of Marine Life Sciences, Ocean University of China, 266003 Qingdao, People’s Republic of China |
| |
Abstract: | A total of 45 moderately halophilic bacteria was isolated from sediment and saline water collected from the Weihai Solar Saltern
(China). The phylogenetic position of all the isolated strains was determined by 16S rRNA sequencing. The halophilic strains
were tested for their antimicrobial activity. Cytotoxicity assay was performed to determine which of the halophilic strains
could inhibit proliferation of human hepatocellular carcinoma Bel 7402 cells. Our results showed that all of the isolated
45 strains displayed moderately halophilic characteristics. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that 17 of the isolated strains
were related to the phylum Firmicutes and belonged to four genera, Bacillus, Halobacillus, Planococcus and Salinicoccus. The other strains identified as genus of Halomonas belonged to phylum γ-Proteobacteria. Most of the halophilic bacterial strains showed potent activities against Gram-positive
bacteria, human pathogenic fungi and plant pathogenic fungi. In addition, the crude extracts from 14 halophilic bacterial
strains showed cytotoxic activity against tumor cells Bel 7402, and five of them showed remarkable activities with IC50 less than 40 μg ml−1. Our results suggest that the moderately halophilic bacteria may be developed as promising sources for the discovery of novel
bioactive substances. |
| |
Keywords: | |
本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录! |
|