Evaluación in vitro de sustancias antibacterianas producidas por bacterias aisladas de diferentes organismos marinos / In vitro evaluation of antibacterial substances produced by bacteria isolated from different marine organisms
Rev. biol. trop
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49(3/4): 1213-1222, Sep.-Dec. 2001.
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in Spanish
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RESUMO
Bacteria from several groups of marine organisms were isolated and, using direct antibiograms, identified those that produce antibacterial substances, using a human pathogenic strain of Staphylococcus aureus ATCC6538 as revealing microorganism. Bacteria which produce substances that inhibited S. aureus growth were identified through morphological, physiological and biochemical tests. Out of 290 bacteria, 54 (18.6) inhibited the growth of S. aureus, but only 27 survived for identification. Bivalves, sponges and corals were the most represented from which 41.2, 33.3 and 29.7, respectively, produced antibacterial substances of the isolated bacteria in each group. The marine species with highest proportions of these bacteria were the hard coral Madracis decactis (62.5), the sponges Cliona sp. (57.1) and the octocoral Plexaura flexuosa (50.0). Out of the 27 strains that produced antibacterial substances, 51.8 were Aeromonas spp. and 14.8 Vibrio spp. Marine bacteria that produce antibacterial substances are abundant, most belong in the Vibrionacea group and were isolated mainly from corals and bivalve mollusks.
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Main subject:
Seawater
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Staphylococcus aureus
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Gram-Negative Bacteria
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Invertebrates
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
Limits:
Animals
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. biol. trop
Journal subject:
Biology
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Tropical Medicine
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Venezuela
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela/VE
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Universidad de Oriente/VE
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