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Characterization and Structure Elucidation of Antibacterial Compound of Streptomyces sp. ECR77 Isolated from East Coast of India

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Forty marine actinobacteria were isolated from the sediments of east coast (Bay of Bengal) region of Tamilnadu, India. Morphologically distinct colonies were primarily tested against fish pathogenic bacteria such as Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus, V. alginolyticus, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Aeromonas hydrophila by cross-streak plate method. The secondary metabolites produced by the highly potential strain cultured on starch casein broth were extracted separately with various solvents such as alcohol, ethyl acetate, methanol, petroleum ether and chloroform. The antibacterial assay of the bioactive compounds was tested against the fish pathogenic bacteria by well diffusion method. Of the various solvents used, the ethyl acetate extract of the isolate had good antibacterial activity. The potential strain was identified as Streptomyces labedae by phenotypic, 16S rRNA gene sequence and phylogenetic analysis. Purification of the biologically active compounds by column chromatography led to isolation of 27 fractions. The biologically active fraction was re-chromatographed on a silica gel column to obtain a single active compound, namely N-isopentyltridecanamide. The structure of the compounds was elucidated on the basis of ultra violet, Fourier transform infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra.

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  2. Department of Microbiology, Bharathidasan University Constituent College, Kurumbalur, 621 107, Perambalur District, Tamilnadu, India

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Thirumurugan, D., Vijayakumar, R. Characterization and Structure Elucidation of Antibacterial Compound of Streptomyces sp. ECR77 Isolated from East Coast of India. Curr Microbiol 70, 745–755 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-015-0780-3

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