Isolation, identification and antimicrobial activities of actinobacteria associated with fire ant, Solenopsis geminata

Authors

  • wongsakorn phongsopitanun Department of biology, Faculty of Science, Ramkhamhaeng University

Keywords:

Actinobacteria, Fire ant, Solenopsis geminata, Antimicrobial activities, Diversity

Abstract

Actinobacteria, Gram-stain positive with high G+C content bacteria, have been well known as the antibiotic producer. To find out the new habitat for searching new actinobacteria, we tried to isolate the actinobacteria from the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata, collected in Thailand. Totally, 6 actinobacteria were isolated and were identified, using 16S rRNA gene, as Streptomyces (2 isolates) and Nocardia (4 isolates) species. Both Streptomyces isolates showed antimicrobial activities against tested microorganism used in this study. Moreover, Nocardia isolate SE2 showed low 16S rRNA gene similarity to those known actinobacterial species and represented the candidate of novel actinobacterial species.

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