Antimicrobial potential of actinomycetes from high altitude Nepalese soils.

ABSTRACT: Nepal's unique geography and diverse biodiversity present a significant opportunity to discover new actinomycetes species that may lead to developing novel compounds with pharmaceutical applications. Fifty-nine actinomycetes strains were isolated from fifty-six soil samples collected from different altitudes and locations in Nepal. These actinomycetes strains were classified through cultural, morphological, partial 16 S rRNA gene sequence analysis, and phylogenetic analysis and were identified as belonging to the genera Streptomyces, Kitasatospora, Nocardia, Nocardiopsis, Nocardioides, Arthrobacter, Amycolatopsis, Promicromonospora, and Rhodococcus. The genus Streptomyces appeared to be the most abundant, comprising 44 isolates. Promicromonospora was isolated for the first time from high-a

SUBMITTER: Aryal S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12484992 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature