Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from Gulf of Mexico
<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Currently there is a need for new antibiotics with an alternative mode of action and new chemical structures. Bacterial pathogens are gradually becoming more resistant to conventional antibiotics, generating an emergence of...
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doaj-80ef2558679f4f399235650c549da44c2020-11-25T02:19:07ZengUniversidad Nacional Mayor de San MarcosRevista Peruana de Biología1561-08371727-99332011-05-0117223123610.15381/rpb.v17i2.3332Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from Gulf of MexicoAdriana Matos0Gabriel Garma1Helena Barba2Rosario Vázquez3Armando Zepeda-Rodríguez4David Jay5Víctor Monteón6Ruth López-A7Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Av. Patricio Trueba s/n Col. Lindavista C.P.24090, Campeche, Camp. México.Arqueología subacuática, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, C.P.24030, Campeche, Camp. México.Arqueología subacuática, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, C.P.24030, Campeche, Camp. México.Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez", C.P.14080, D.F. México.Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, C.P.04510, D.F. México.Instituto Nacional de Cardiología "Ignacio Chávez", C.P.14080, D.F. México.Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Av. Patricio Trueba s/n Col. Lindavista C.P.24090, Campeche, Camp. México.Centro de Investigación en Enfermedades Tropicales, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Av. Patricio Trueba s/n Col. Lindavista C.P.24090, Campeche, Camp. México.<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Currently there is a need for new antibiotics with an alternative mode of action and new chemical structures. Bacterial pathogens are gradually becoming more resistant to conventional antibiotics, generating an emergence of infectious diseases and they are becoming a great problem in the field of public health. In this study, seven different isolated bacteria were obtained from offshore seawater and sediment of the Gulf of Mexico from Campeche, Mexico. They were substance producers which inhibit growth of human pathogens like <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>and <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa </em>and one of them was a polymer producer on peptone and glucose culture. They were characterized phenotipically by means of morphological techniques and physiologically by conventional tests. Four of them were Gram-positive bacteria and the Scanning Electron Microscope analysis revealed their size between 0.6 - 1.5 µm. One of seven marine strains, Gram negative, yellow pigmented, slightly curved rods, was identified as <em>Pseudoalteromonas</em> sp. on the analysis of the gen16S rRNA sequence. </span>http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/33bacteria marinaantibióticoPseudoalteromonaspatógenos resistentes. |
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Adriana Matos Gabriel Garma Helena Barba Rosario Vázquez Armando Zepeda-Rodríguez David Jay Víctor Monteón Ruth López-A |
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Adriana Matos Gabriel Garma Helena Barba Rosario Vázquez Armando Zepeda-Rodríguez David Jay Víctor Monteón Ruth López-A Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from Gulf of Mexico Revista Peruana de Biología bacteria marina antibiótico Pseudoalteromonas patógenos resistentes. |
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Adriana Matos Gabriel Garma Helena Barba Rosario Vázquez Armando Zepeda-Rodríguez David Jay Víctor Monteón Ruth López-A |
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Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from Gulf of Mexico |
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Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from Gulf of Mexico |
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Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from Gulf of Mexico |
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Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from Gulf of Mexico |
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Antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from Gulf of Mexico |
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antimicrobial activity of marine bacteria isolated from gulf of mexico |
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Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos |
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Revista Peruana de Biología |
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1561-0837 1727-9933 |
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2011-05-01 |
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<span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Currently there is a need for new antibiotics with an alternative mode of action and new chemical structures. Bacterial pathogens are gradually becoming more resistant to conventional antibiotics, generating an emergence of infectious diseases and they are becoming a great problem in the field of public health. In this study, seven different isolated bacteria were obtained from offshore seawater and sediment of the Gulf of Mexico from Campeche, Mexico. They were substance producers which inhibit growth of human pathogens like <em>Staphylococcus aureus </em>and <em>Pseudomonas aeruginosa </em>and one of them was a polymer producer on peptone and glucose culture. They were characterized phenotipically by means of morphological techniques and physiologically by conventional tests. Four of them were Gram-positive bacteria and the Scanning Electron Microscope analysis revealed their size between 0.6 - 1.5 µm. One of seven marine strains, Gram negative, yellow pigmented, slightly curved rods, was identified as <em>Pseudoalteromonas</em> sp. on the analysis of the gen16S rRNA sequence. </span> |
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bacteria marina antibiótico Pseudoalteromonas patógenos resistentes. |
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http://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/rpb/article/view/33 |
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