Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (9): 244-248.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2018-0173

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Morphological Identification and Antibacterial Activity on Metabolites of Fungi Isolated from Ascidean

LUO Guo-cong1, HUANG Yun-yi1, CHAI Hui-zi2, LEI Xiao-ling1, NIE Fang-hong1   

  1. 1. College of Food Science and Technology,Guangdong Ocean University,Zhanjiang 524088;
    2. College of Life Science and Technology,Jinan University,Guangzhou 510632
  • Received:2018-02-26 Online:2018-09-26 Published:2018-10-10

Abstract:

To seek new species of marine fungi with high antibacterial activity,ascidean was used as study material,and 14 fungi were isolated by plate spreading method,and their morphological identification and preliminary screening of their antibacterial activity was conducted. The results indicated that 14 fungal strains were isolated from ascidian,and preliminarily identified as Penicillium sp.,Aspergillus sp.,Cladosporium sp.,and Tritirachium sp. based on the morphological observation. Total 11 fungal strains of 14 presented antibacterial activity,and 4 strains of Asc-2-4(Penicillium sp.),Asc-2-12(Penicillium sp.),Asc-1-1(Penicillium sp.),and Asc-2-1(Aspergillus sp.)had broad-spectrum and strong antibacterial activity. The antibacterial activity of Asc-2-12(Penicillium sp.)was the most obvious,with the diameter of maximum inhibition circle reaching 21.91 mm. Symbiotic fungal strains from ascidian are potential antibacterial resources and Asc-2-4,Asc-2-12,Asc-1-1,and Asc-2-1 have potential prospect to be further investigated.

Key words: ascidean, symbiotic fungi, morphological identification, antibacterial activity