Actinomycetes from sediments in the Trondheim fjord, Norway: diversity and biological activity.

ABSTRACT: The marine environment represents a largely untapped source for isolation of new microorganisms with potential to produce biologically active secondary metabolites. Among such microorganisms, Gram-positive actinomycete bacteria are of special interest, since they are known to produce chemically diverse compounds with a wide range of biological activities. We have set out to isolate and characterize actinomycete bacteria from the sediments in one of the largest Norwegian fjords, the Trondheim fjord, with respect to diversity and antibiotic-producing potential. Approximately 3,200 actinomycete bacteria were isolated using four different agar media from the sediment samples collected at different locations and depths (4.5 to 450 m). Grouping of the isolates first according to the morphology f

SUBMITTER: Bredholt H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2474955 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature