Volumen 45 - Número 3 - 2010
Nota Científica

 


 Evaluación de la actividad antibacteriana de diferentes especies de fitoplancton

M. del Pilar Sánchez-Saavedra1, Alexei Licea-Navarro2 and Johanna Bernáldez-Sarabia1,2


1Departamento de Acuicultura, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada Baja California, C.P. 22860, México

2Departamento de Biotecnología Marina, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (CICESE), Carretera Ensenada-Tijuana 3918, Zona Playitas, Ensenada Baja California, C.P. 22860, México

 

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The antibiotic activity of organic extracts from cultures of six species of phytoplankton, Synechococcus elongatus, Synechocystis sp., Amphiprora paludosa, Porphyridium cruentum, Chaetoceros muelleri and Dunaliella tertiolecta was examined. The bacteria used were Gram(-) strains, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Klebsiella pneumoniae, and the Gram(+) strains were Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Microccocus luteus. All extracts inhibited the growth of B. subtilis and effected the generation of inhibition halos, ranging in diameter from 7.06 to 15.23 mm, for several bacteria species. Wide-spectrum antibacterial activity was observed in extracts from S. elongatus, Synechocystis sp., A. paludosa, P. cruentum, and C. muelleri. Thus, this five phytoplankton species can be used to control bacteria

 

Palabras clave: Antibiotics, microalgae cultures, cyanobacteriae

 

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