Isolation And Enumeration of Marine Actinobacteria Diversity from Kovalam Mangrove Soil, East Coast of Tamil Nadu, India

KARTHIKEYAN P; SENTHILKUMAR G; PANNEERSELVAM A

Volume : III, Issue : X, October - 2014

Isolation And Enumeration of Marine Actinobacteria Diversity from Kovalam Mangrove Soil, East Coast of Tamil Nadu, India

Karthikeyan P, Senthilkumar G, Panneerselvam A

Abstract :

The marine soil sample were collected from marine mangrove environment of Kovalam east coast of Tamil Nadu India. A total of 23 different actinobacteria were isolated by serial dilution plate technique on starch casein agar medium. Physico–chemical analysis of the soil revealed the following parameters like pH, Electrical conductivity, Organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, salinity, zinc, copper, iron, manganese, nitrate, nitrite, Cation exchange capacity, Calcium, Magnesium, Sodium, Potassium, were studied. Actinobacteria strains were chosen using selective isolation approaches, and then morphological properties of the isolates were determined. The isolates belonged to the following genus, Jonesia, Planomonospora, Pseudonocardia (2), Kineospora, Micromonospora, Nocardia(2), Nocardiopsis, Saccharopolyspora hirsuta, Saccharopolyspora, Streptoverticillium cinnamoneum, Streptomyces cyaneus, Streptomyces (7), Terrabacter (2) and Thermoactinomycetes.