{"title":"Biofilms from the Kapova Cave Walls as a Source of Hydrolase Producers","authors":"W. Kurdy, G. Yu. Yakovleva, O. N. Ilyinskaya","doi":"10.1134/s0026261723604098","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<h3 data-test=\"abstract-sub-heading\">\n<b>Abstract</b>\n</h3><p>The studies of bacterial communities from extreme econiches are presently aimed mainly at analyzing the biodiversity of microorganisms using molecular biology methods. Cultivated bacteria from karst caves represent a unique group of microorganisms, the biochemical potential of which has been poorly studied. In the present work, bacteria from biofilms on the walls of the Kapova Cave (Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve, Bashkortostan) were isolated and characterized in order to assess the ability of identified isolates to produce extracellular hydrolytic enzymes. Most of the isolates (89%) were members of the phylum <i>Proteobacteria</i>, with the remaining ones belonging to the phyla <i>Actinobacteria</i>, <i>Firmicutes</i>, and <i>Bacteroidetes</i>, which accounted for 5, 4, and 2% of the isolates, respectively. Strains with high levels of secreted protease, RNase, and amylase activity were identified as <i>Stenotropomonas rhizophila</i>, <i>Lysinibacillus fusiformis</i>, and <i>Pseudomonas stutzeri</i>, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":18514,"journal":{"name":"Microbiology","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3000,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Microbiology","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1134/s0026261723604098","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The studies of bacterial communities from extreme econiches are presently aimed mainly at analyzing the biodiversity of microorganisms using molecular biology methods. Cultivated bacteria from karst caves represent a unique group of microorganisms, the biochemical potential of which has been poorly studied. In the present work, bacteria from biofilms on the walls of the Kapova Cave (Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve, Bashkortostan) were isolated and characterized in order to assess the ability of identified isolates to produce extracellular hydrolytic enzymes. Most of the isolates (89%) were members of the phylum Proteobacteria, with the remaining ones belonging to the phyla Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, and Bacteroidetes, which accounted for 5, 4, and 2% of the isolates, respectively. Strains with high levels of secreted protease, RNase, and amylase activity were identified as Stenotropomonas rhizophila, Lysinibacillus fusiformis, and Pseudomonas stutzeri, respectively.
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Microbiology is an is an international peer reviewed journal that covers a wide range of problems in the areas of fundamental and applied microbiology. The journal publishes experimental and theoretical papers, reviews on modern trends in different fields of microbiological science, and short communications with descriptions of unusual observations. The journal welcomes manuscripts from all countries in the English or Russian language.