Selective isolation and characterisation of novel members of the family Nocardiopsaceae and other actinobacteria from a marine sediment of Tioman Island

Ng, Zoe Yi and Tan, Geok Yuan Annie (2018) Selective isolation and characterisation of novel members of the family Nocardiopsaceae and other actinobacteria from a marine sediment of Tioman Island. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 111 (5). pp. 727-742. ISSN 0003-6072, DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-1042-8.

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-018-1042-8

Abstract

Tioman Island is one of many sources for underexplored actinobacterial diversity in Malaysia. Selective isolation, molecular profiling, 16S rRNA gene sequencing and phylogenetic analyses were carried out to highlight the diversity of the marine actinobacterial community in a sediment collected off Tioman Island. A high number of diverse actinobacteria were recovered using skim milk/HEPES pre-treatment on a mannitol-based medium. A total of 123 actinobacterial strains were isolated, including thirty obligate marine actinobacteria putatively identified as Salinispora spp. Molecular fingerprinting profiles obtained with a double digestion approach grouped the remaining non-Salinispora-like strains into 24 different clusters, with Streptomyces and Blastococcus as the major clusters. A total of 17 strains were identified as novel actinobacterial species within the genera Streptomyces (n = 6), Blastococcus (n = 5), Marinactinospora (n = 3), Nocardiopsis (n = 1), Agromyces (n = 1) and Nonomuraea (n = 1) based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses. Polyphasic data from three putative Marinactinospora spp. showed that the strains represent a new genus in the Nocardiopsaceae family. Crude extracts from the strains were also found to inhibit the growth of Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis) and Gram-negative (Providencia alcalifaciens) pathogens. Hierarchical clustering of the bioactivities of an active fraction revealed a unique profile, which is closely related that of fosfomycin.

Item Type: Article
Funders: MOSTI-ScienceFund (Project No.: 04-01-03-SF0666), MOHE Malaysia (HIR-005)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Blastococcus spp; Marinactinospora spp; Marine actinobacteria
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Q Science > QH Natural history
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 07 May 2019 04:15
Last Modified: 07 May 2019 04:15
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/21136

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