Isolation, Identification and Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Streptomyces flavogriseus, strain ACTK2 from Soil Sample of Kodagu, Karnataka State (India).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The search for novel antibiotics continues to be of immense importance in research programs around the world for pharmaceutical, industrial and agricultural applications. Filamentous soil bacteria, belonging to the Streptomyces genus, are widely used as an important biological tool for their ability to produce a wide range of novel secondary metabolites, such as "antibiotics".

Objectives

The aim of the present study was to isolate and identify a strain of Streptomyces with high antibiotic production capability.

Materials and methods

The soil sample was collected randomly from the agricultural land of Kushalnagar Taluk of Kodagu district, Karnataka, India. The ACTK2 strain was isolated by serial dilution method and identified based on cultural, morphological

SUBMITTER: Khandan Dezfully N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4376976 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature