Phylogenetic diversity of Actinobacteria from Momela soda lakes, Arusha National Park, Tanzania

The Momela soda lakes consist of seven small, hypersaline, alkaline lakes, situated in the East African rift valley at Arusha National Park, Tanzania. are fed by separate underground water sources with slightly varying mineral contents resulting colour variation and supporting different kinds prokaryotic eukaryotic species. In this study, diversity Actinobacteria surface sediments five Lakes were investigated using culture-dependent culture-independent molecular techniques. A total 34 out 112, 13 85, representatives isolates clones, respectively, selected for gene sequencing CD-HIT program. Analysis their 16S rRNA sequences displayed presence species affiliated to 15 genera, namely Mycobacterium, Rhodococcus, Microbacterium, Isoptericola, Dietzia, Leucobacter, Jonesia, Nesterenkonia, Micrococcus, Streptomyces, Hoyosella, Norcadiopsis, Cellulomonas, Bogoriella, Agromyces. results showed 5 12 putative new respectively. This is first report isolation bacteria from genus Mycobacterium a lake globally, as well genera Leucobacter Agromyces Africa. Because known source biotechnologically important compounds, revealed set platform search novel bioactive compounds.