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Membrane-active metabolites produced by soil actinomycetes using chromatic phospholipid/polydiacetylene vesicles

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Creator Mehravar, Maryam
Sardari, Soroush
Owlia, Parviz
 
Date 2011-11-30T09:39:03Z
2011-11-30T09:39:03Z
2011-12
 
Identifier 0975-1009 (Online); 0019-5189 (Print)
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13102
 
Description 946-952
Increased resistance of pathogens toward existing antibiotics has compelled the research efforts to introduce new antimicrobial substances. Drugs with new and less resistant-prone targets to antimicrobial activity have a high priority for drug development activities. Cell membrane seems to be a potential target for new antibiotic agent development to overcome resistance. In this study, A total number of 67 actinomycetes were isolated from the soil samples collected from desert, farming and mineral parts of Iran. We used a chromatic sensor as a membrane model that was set up for the target of antimicrobial metabolites of actinomycetes isolated from the soil. The sensors particles were composed of phospholipid and polymerized polydiacetylene (PDA) lipids. These polymers exhibited color change following interaction with membrane-active metabolites. The color change was due to structural disorder in the lipids following their interaction with membrane-active metabolites. The resultant color change was recorded by fluorescent microscope and easily recognizable by naked eye as well. Sixteen strains were isolated which produced antimicrobial metabolites and were effective against test microorganisms (<i style="">Escherichia coli,</i> <i style="">Candida albicans </i>and <i style="">Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> ). A total number of 3 out of 16 strains produced membrane-active metabolites. These 3 strains were identified using 16s rRNA as <i>Streptomyces</i> sp and submitted to GenBank (accession no. JN180853; JN180854; JN180855).
 
Language en_US
 
Publisher NISCAIR-CSIR, India
 
Rights <img src='http://nopr.niscair.res.in/image/cc-license-sml.png'> <a href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/in' target='_blank'>CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India</a>
 
Source IJEB Vol.49(12) [December 2011]
 
Subject Antimicrobial agent
Chromatic vesicles
Membrane-active
Soil actinomycetes
 
Title Membrane-active metabolites produced by soil actinomycetes using chromatic phospholipid/polydiacetylene vesicles
 
Type Article