Isolation, characterization, and molecular identification of soil bacteria showing antibacterial activity against human pathogenic bacteria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study dealt with the screening of soil bacteria with antibacterial activity from different locations in Bangalore, India. Antibiotics play the role of self-defense mechanism for the bacteria and are produced as secondary metabolites to protect themselves from other competitive microorganisms. The need for new antibiotics arose as the pathogenic bacteria acquire resistance to various antibiotics meant for treating human diseases. Given the importance of antibiotics of bacterial origin, standard techniques have been used to isolate and characterize the soil bacteria which showed antibacterial activity.

Results

The isolated bacteria were tested against human pathogenic bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Kleb

SUBMITTER: Prashanthi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8374016 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature