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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 10, Issue:4, April, 2021

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
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Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2021.10(4): 409-421
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1004.044


Isolation of Antibiotic Producing Actinomycetes from Saltpans
Gajula Swarna Kumari, Prasada Babu Gundala and Paramageetham Chinthala*
Department of Microbiology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati- 517502,Andhra Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Actinobacteria was an important origin of novel bioactive metabolites with significant pharmaceutical applications. A total of 22 isolates were isolated from the salt pan soils and studied their cultural, physiological characteristics. Finally, they were subjected to the screening for antibiotic producing actinomycetes by agar well diffusion assay against two gram positive (Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus) and two gram negative bacteria (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae). Among the tested, two groups of gram positive bacteria were more sensitive and inhibited by 17 isolates (81.8%) and gram negative bacteria were less sensitive and inhibited by 11 isolates (50%). However, both gram+ve and gram-ve bacteria were inhibited by 6 isolates (27%).


Keywords: Actinomycetes, Screening, Antibacterial activity, Agar well diffusion

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Gajula Swarna Kumari, Prasada Babu Gundala and Paramageetham Chinthala. 2021. Isolation of Antibiotic Producing Actinomycetes from Saltpans. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 10(4): 409-421. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2021.1004.044
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