Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria

As a response to the widespread emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, a study was devised to isolate selected marine bacteria to test for its antibacterial activity. A total of six bacterial isolates which were P5.1.2, 3.1.2, B2.4A, B.24C, B2.6A, and S 1.2.3 were subjected to preliminary scree...

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Main Author: Choo, Jenny Cheng Yi.
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2011
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description As a response to the widespread emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, a study was devised to isolate selected marine bacteria to test for its antibacterial activity. A total of six bacterial isolates which were P5.1.2, 3.1.2, B2.4A, B.24C, B2.6A, and S 1.2.3 were subjected to preliminary screening via agar-well diffusion assay against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram negative (Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Salmonella typhi) test bacteria. Bacterial isolate P5.1.2 which was tentatively identified as Klebsiella sp. was only found active against Gram positive test bacteria while others showed no activity. Antibiotic extraction from this isolate P5.1.2 was done from culture growing it on solid media. Dried cultures were then subjected to subsequent extraction using six solvents which were hexane, chloroform, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol, and water. A time-course experiment was conducted to determine the optimum age of harvesting. All six extracts from the selected bacterial isolate were subjected to antibacterial screening against the test bacteria via agar-well diffusion method and the presence of halo around the wells was examined. Methanol, chloroform, and ethyl acetate crude extracts showed antibacterial activities and the minimum inhibitory concentration (M1C) values were I mg/ml, 0.25 mglml and 0.125 mg/ml respectively. These results supports that marine environment is capable of producing new antibiotic substances.
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spelling unimas-180822023-02-06T07:40:15Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18082/ Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria Choo, Jenny Cheng Yi. QR Microbiology As a response to the widespread emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria, a study was devised to isolate selected marine bacteria to test for its antibacterial activity. A total of six bacterial isolates which were P5.1.2, 3.1.2, B2.4A, B.24C, B2.6A, and S 1.2.3 were subjected to preliminary screening via agar-well diffusion assay against Gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus) and Gram negative (Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, and Salmonella typhi) test bacteria. Bacterial isolate P5.1.2 which was tentatively identified as Klebsiella sp. was only found active against Gram positive test bacteria while others showed no activity. Antibiotic extraction from this isolate P5.1.2 was done from culture growing it on solid media. Dried cultures were then subjected to subsequent extraction using six solvents which were hexane, chloroform, dichloromethane, ethyl acetate, methanol, and water. A time-course experiment was conducted to determine the optimum age of harvesting. All six extracts from the selected bacterial isolate were subjected to antibacterial screening against the test bacteria via agar-well diffusion method and the presence of halo around the wells was examined. Methanol, chloroform, and ethyl acetate crude extracts showed antibacterial activities and the minimum inhibitory concentration (M1C) values were I mg/ml, 0.25 mglml and 0.125 mg/ml respectively. These results supports that marine environment is capable of producing new antibiotic substances. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2011 Final Year Project Report / IMRAD NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18082/3/Jenny%20Choo%20Cheng%20Yi%2024pgs.pdf text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/18082/6/Jenny%20Choo%20Cheng%20Yi%20%20ft.pdf Choo, Jenny Cheng Yi. (2011) Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria. [Final Year Project Report / IMRAD] (Unpublished)
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Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria
title Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria
title_full Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria
title_fullStr Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria
title_full_unstemmed Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria
title_short Bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria
title_sort bioassay-guided isolation of antibiotics from selected marine bacteria
topic QR Microbiology
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