Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2023, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3): 158-168.doi: 10.11978/2022142CSTR: 32234.14.2022142

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Preliminary study on the culturable myxobacteria resources from the Beibu Gulf, Guangxi and their antibacterial activity

LU Tianmei1(), GUAN jiasong1,2, QIN Shijing1, LIU Yonghong1,3, SU Zhiwei1()   

  1. 1. Institute of Marine Drugs, Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine, Nanning 530200, China
    2. College of Agriculture, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
    3. Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology (South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, Guangzhou 510301, China
  • Received:2022-06-23 Revised:2022-08-24 Online:2023-05-10 Published:2022-09-01
  • Supported by:
    Scientific Research Foundation of Institute of Marine Drugs, GUCM(2018ZD005-A08); National Natural Science Foundation of China(32060098); Special Fund for Bagui Scholars to Yonghong Liu(05019055); Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education of GXUCM(YCSZ2022024); University Student Innovation Project(S202110600122); Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region(AB19259010)

Abstract:

The objective of this study is to isolate myxobacteria from different types of marine biotopes in the Guangxi Beibu Gulf, on the base of living-Escherichia coli and filter paper methods. 38 strains were isolated from 21 samples, and were preliminary identified based on colony morphological characteristics and 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The purified strains belong to 4 genera and 10 species, in which Myxococcus and Corallococcus were dominant genera, accounting for 63.16% and 26.32% of the total strains, respectively. Then the purified strains were subjected to the small-scale fermentations through the VY/2 medium, and the extracts were obtained by the extraction and concentration of acetone. The crude extracts were further screened for antimicrobial activity by filter paper agar diffusion. The results showed that the metabolites of 24 myxobacterial strains had different degrees of inhibition on 9 indicator bacteria, and the positive rate was 63.16%. Among them, the metabolites of Myxococcus macrosporus (1H01) showed significant inhibitory activity against Klebsiella pneumoniae, which was superior to the positive drugs (ampicillin sodium, 1 mg·mL-1). The results explain that the diversity of myxobateria is rich in different types marine sediment from the Guangxi Beibu Gulf, and the isolated myxobacteria has a prominent antibacterial activity, laying a foundation for the application of new antibiotics.

Key words: Beibu Gulf, myxobacteria, isolation and identification, antibacterial activity