Isolation And Characterization Of Marine Actinomycetes For Anti-Infective Activity Towards Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14
Marine environment serve as reservoir of vast useful secondary metabolites and at the same time, new anti-infective agents are required to combat antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria.Therefore, this research was carried out to screen for anti-infective agents from the environment that are capabl...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/43755/ http://eprints.usm.my/43755/1/SITI%20NUR%20FATIN%20AHMAD%20KAMAL.pdf |
| Summary: | Marine environment serve as reservoir of vast useful secondary metabolites and at the same time, new anti-infective agents are required to combat antibiotic resistant pathogenic bacteria.Therefore, this research was carried out to screen for anti-infective agents from the environment that are capable of overcoming Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection through anti-virulence or boosting of host immunity activities. Marine soil sediments were collected from Songsong Island, Yan, Kedah, Malaysia and a total of 18 actinomycetes with different morphology were successfully isolated. Secondary metabolites from all isolates were extracted out using solid-liquid extraction method and were screened for anti-infective activity using Caenorhabditis elegans infection model. |
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