Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (7): 97-103.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2019-0970

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Isolation,Identification and Antimicrobial Activity Determination of Actinobacteria from the Lakes in Tibet

PAN Wen-juan, LIN Jia-fu, WANG Xiao-tao, GUO Yi-dong, CHU Yi-wen, LIU Chao-lan   

  1. Antibiotics Research and Re-evaluation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province,Sichuan Industrial Institute of Antibiotics,Chengdu University,Chengdu 610052
  • Received:2019-10-11 Online:2020-07-26 Published:2020-07-28

Abstract: To study the diversity and antimicrobial activity of actinobacteria isolated from the sediment samples of lakes in Tibet aims to discover the medical actinobacteria producing novel active materials. Seven sediment samples were collected from lakes in Tibet,and from which actinobacteria were isolated using dilution plating method with 4 different media and then identified by 16S rRNA sequence analysis. Antimicrobial in vitro activities of the isolates were tested by paper disk diffusion method. In vivo activities of the isolates were evaluated for their ability to rescue Caenorhabditis elegans infected with tested pathogens. Results showed that the 73 actinobacteria were distributed in 8 genera affiliated with 5 families of 4 orders,Streptomyces and Micromonospora of them were the dominant genera. The 55 of 73 strains demonstrated positive results in antimicrobial assay,and the positive rate was 75.3%. Eight isolates presented fine antibacterial activity in vivo based on C. elegans infected with pathogens. Strain PF188 showed favorable antimicrobial activity both in vivo and in vitro,and deserved further research. The 16S rRNA sequence similarity between strain PF188 and the nearest Nonomuraea guangzhouensis NEAU-ZJ3T was 98.13%,indicating that strain PF188 is a potential new species of Nonomuraea. The sediment samples from lakes in Tibet are rich in cultivable actinobacteria,which could be a potential source for the discovery of new antibiotics.

Key words: Tibet, lake actinobacteria, isolation, antimicrobial activities, Caenorhabditis elegans