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Culturable Actinobacteria from the Marine Sponge Hymeniacidon perleve: Isolation and Phylogenetic Diversity by 16S rRNA gene-RFLP Analysis

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A total of 106 actinobacteria associated with the marine sponge Hymeniacidon perleve collected from the Yellow Sea, China were isolated using eight different media. The number of species and genera of actinobacteria recovered from the different media varied significantly, underlining the importance of optimizing the isolation conditions. The phylogenetic diversity of the actinobacteria isolates was assessed using 16S rRNA gene amplification–restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis of the 106 strains with different morphologies. The RFLP fingerprinting of selected strains by HhaI-digestion of the 16S rRNA genes resulted in 11 different patterns. The HhaI-RFLP analysis gave good resolution for the identification of the actinobacteria isolates at the genus level. A phylogenetic analysis using 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that the isolates belonged to seven genera of culturable actinobacteria including Actinoalloteichus, Micromonospora, Nocardia, Nocardiopsis, Pseudonocardia, Rhodococcus, and Streptomyces. The dominant genus was Streptomyces, which represented 74% of the isolates. Three of the strains identified are candidates for new species.

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The authors wish to thank financial supports from “Innovation Fund” from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, “973 Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China” (2003CB716001). This research was also funded by National Research Laboratory Program of the Korean Ministry of Science & Technology (PE05009). We appreciate Professor Li-Jinhe, at Qingdao Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences for the sponge identification.

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  1. Marine Bioproducts Engineering Group, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian, 116023, China

    Haitao Zhang & Wei Zhang

  2. Polar BioCenter Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), KORDI, Ansan P.O. Box 29, Seoul, 425–600, Korea

    Yoo Kyung Lee & Hong Kum Lee

  3. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China

    Haitao Zhang

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Zhang, H., Lee, Y., Zhang, W. et al. Culturable Actinobacteria from the Marine Sponge Hymeniacidon perleve: Isolation and Phylogenetic Diversity by 16S rRNA gene-RFLP Analysis. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 90, 159–169 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10482-006-9070-1

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