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Actinomycin-Producing Endophytic Streptomyces parvulus Associated with Root of Aloe vera and Optimization of Conditions for Antibiotic Production

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Endophytic actinomycetes are a rich source of novel antimicrobial compounds. The aim of this study was to evaluate the production of antimicrobial compound by endophytic Streptomyces sp. Av-R5 associated with root of Aloe vera against multidrug-resistant human pathogens. The 16S rRNA sequence of the isolate Av-R5 has been identified as Streptomyces parvulus NBRC 13193T (AB184326) and the sequence was submitted to the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) GenBank database (accession number KY771080). Streptomyces parvulus Av-R5 grown under submerged fermentation condition optimized by central composite design (glucose 11.16 g/L, soybean meal 10.25 g/L, sodium chloride 11.18 g/L, calcium carbonate 1.32 g/L at pH 7.19 at 31.42 °C with 6.04% seed inoculum for 10 days of incubation) exhibited the highest activity against multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus JNMC-3, Staphylococcus epidermidis JNMC-4, Klebsiella pneumoniae MTCC-3384, Klebsiella pneumoniae JNMC-6, Pseudomonas aeruginosa MTCC-741, Proteus vulgaris JNMC-7, Candida albicans MTCC-183, and Aspergillus niger MTCC-872. The structures of the active compounds were elucidated by UV-Vis spectroscopy, 1H and 13C NMR, FT-IR, and ESIMS. Actinomycin D and actinomycin X0β were detected in crude extracts and major components were eluted by HPLC at 10.96 and 6.81 min, respectively. In this case, a high yield of actinomycin D and actinomycin X0β (400 mg/L) was achieved with Streptomyces parvulus Av-R5, fermented in glucose soybean meal broth media, which can be used in industrial fermentation process to obtain high yields.

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Authors are thankful to the Head, SLS, PRSU, Raipur, for providing the necessary facilities for the research. The authors also thank Microbial Type Culture Collection and Gene Bank (MTCC), Chandigarh for providing cultures and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh for providing clinical cultures for research.

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This study was funded by University Grant Commission, New Delhi, India (F.7-145/2007BSR) and granted financial support from DST, New Delhi under FIST program and UGC, New Delhi for DRS-SAP III.

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Chandrakar, S., Gupta, A.K. Actinomycin-Producing Endophytic Streptomyces parvulus Associated with Root of Aloe vera and Optimization of Conditions for Antibiotic Production. Probiotics & Antimicro. Prot. 11, 1055–1069 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12602-018-9451-6

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