Actinomycetes can be symbionts in diverse organisms, including both plants and animals. Some actinomycetes benefit their host by producing small molecule secondary metabolites; the resulting symbioses are often developmentally complex. Actinomycetes associated with three cone snails were studied. Cone snails are venomous tropical marine gastropods which have been extensively examined because of...

Actinomycetes play an important role in the decomposition of various organic materials and replenish the supply of nutrients in the soil. They also produce many secondary metabolites possessing antimicrobial properties. The present study was conducted to determine the antibacterial and enzyme producing capabilities of soil Actinomycetes isolated from Nahargarh hill area, Jaipur, Rajasthan, Indi...

Co-culturing of actinomycetes is a classical approach used to enhance bioactivity. In this study, co-culturing of terrestrial and marine actinomycetes was performed to obtain increased anticancer cytotoxic activity. Crude extract prepared from co-cultured isolates showed increased anticancer activity. Although normal and healthy actinomycetes filament was observed during co-culture, spore forma...

Deep sea is a unique and extreme environment. It is a hot spot for hunting marine actinomycetes resources and secondary metabolites. The novel deep sea actinomycete species reported from 2006 to 2016 including 21 species under 13 genera with the maximum number from Microbacterium, followed by Dermacoccus, Streptomyces and Verrucosispora, and one novel species for the other 9 genera. Eight gener...

Marine actinomycetes are potential source for the discovery of novel compounds and enzymes. Though extensive research on marine actinomycetes is underway globally, the actinomycetes research from Indian marine ecosystem is unexplored and understudied. Hence, the present research is focussed on the screening of bioactive compounds from marine actinomycetes isolated from Indian coastal region. Th...

Article history: Received on: 06/06/2013 Revised on: 27/06/2013 Accepted on: 14/08/2013 Available online: 18/09/2013 This review summarizes about the actinomycetes and their capability to produce bioactive secondary metabolites, many of which have been successfully isolated and turned into useful drugs and other organic chemicals. Microbial pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to avail...

The rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance among pathogens has led to a renewed interest to search for novel antimicrobial agents. The history of new drug discovery processes shows that novel skeletons have, in the majority of cases come from natural sources. This involves screening of microorganisms or plant extracts. They have been the source of, or inspiration for the development of che...

Actinomycetes were isolated from the sediment samples collected Pichavaram Mangrove forest in Thandavarayan Sholagan Pet, Chidambaram Taluk, Cuddalore district, Tamilnadu, South India. The actinomycetes screened for antibacterial (bioactive metabolite) production against Gram positive and negative bacterial organisms. Molecular characterization was performed through 16S rRNA gene amplification ...