Abstract: Among bacteria, actinomycetes are well documented for production of a large number of antibodies belonging to a wide array of groups. Actinobacteria have been extensively reported to inhabit a variety of places including soil, fresh water and marine. As exploration of potential bacteria is an important approach to discovering novel antibiotics to meet the current needs, the present study was undertaken to estimate the enzymatic and antimicrobial properties of a few actinomycetes species obtained from Mayanur Dam in Tamil Nadu, India. All the species observed the presence of all enzymatic activities except Actinomyces and Micromonospora which did not show chitinases activity. All the actinomycetes species showed antimicrobial properties. Among these, Streptomyces recorded the maximum zone of inhibition to all bacteria except Staphylococcus epidermidis.
Keywords: Actinomycetes, fresh water, enzyme activities, antimicrobial property.
Title: ENZYMATIC AND ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITIES OF ACTINOMYCETES SPECIES OBTAINED FROM FRESH WATER, MAYANUR DAM, TAMIL NADU, INDIA
Author: R. Anbalagan, R. Sivakami
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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