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ArticleWorld journal of microbiology & biotechnology2021

Existence in cellulose shelters: industrial and pharmaceutical leads of symbiotic actinobacteria from ascidian Phallusia nigra, Andaman Islands.

Balakrishnan Meena, Lawrance Anburajan, Kirubakaran Nitharsan, Nambali Valsalan Vinithkumar, Gopal Dharani

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Article in World journal of microbiology & biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Balakrishnan MeenaAtal Centre for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Dollygunj P.O., Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 744103, India. meenasteffy@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2146-4384
Lawrance AnburajanAtal Centre for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Dollygunj P.O., Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 744103, India. anbuniot1979@gmail.com.
Kirubakaran NitharsanDepartment of Marine Biotechnology, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620024, India.
Nambali Valsalan VinithkumarAtal Centre for Ocean Science and Technology for Islands, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Dollygunj P.O., Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 744103, India.
Gopal DharaniMarine Biotechnology Division, Ocean Science and Technology for Islands Group, National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600100, India.
National Institute of Ocean Technology · INBharathidasan University · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diversity of actinobacteria associated with marine ascidian Phallusia nigra from Andaman Islands was investigated. A total of 10 actinobacteria were isolated and based on the biochemical and molecular characterization, the isolates were assigned to 7 different actinobacterial genera. Eight putatively novel species belonging to genera Rhodococcus, Kineococcus, Kocuria, Janibacter, Salinispora and Arthrobacter were identified based on 16S rDNA sequence similarity with the NCBI database. The organic extracts of ten isolates displayed considerable bioactivity against test pathogens, which were Gram-positive and Gram-negative in nature. PCR-based screening for type I and type II polyketide synthases (PKS-I, PKS-II) and nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPS) revealed that, 10 actinobacterial isolates encoded at least one type of polyketide synthases biosynthesis gene. Majority of the isolates found to produce industrially important enzymes; amylase, protease, gelatinase, lipase, DNase, cellulase, urease, phosphatase and L-asparaginase. The present study emphasized that, ascidians are a prolific resource for novel bioactive actinobacteria with potential for novel drug discovery. This result expands the scope to functionally characterize the novel ascidian associated marine actinobacteria and their metabolites could be a source for the novel molecules of commercial interest.

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SymbiosisActinobacteriaAmylasesAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAquatic OrganismsAsparaginaseBacterial ProteinsBacterial Typing TechniquesBiodiversityCellulaseCelluloseDNA, BacterialIndustrial MicrobiologyIslandsLipaseAmylasesAnti-Bacterial AgentsAsparaginaseBacterial ProteinsCellulaseCelluloseDNA, BacterialLipasenon-ribosomal peptide synthasePeptide HydrolasesPeptide SynthasesPolyketide SynthasesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SActinobacteriaAscidianNRPSPhallusia nigraPKS IPKS II

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