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BACTERIAL DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED with RED SEAWEEDS, Gracilaria Manilaensis & Laurencia Sp., FOUND in PENINSULAR MALAYSIA BACTERIAL DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH RED SEAWEEDS, Gracilaria manilaensis & Laurencia sp., FOUND IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA BY NAJATUL SU AD BINTI ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA 2020 BACTERIAL DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH RED SEAWEEDS, Gracilaria manilaensis & Laurencia sp., FOUND IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA BY NAJATUL SU AD BINTI ABDULLAH A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Biosciences) Kulliyyah of Science International Islamic University Malaysia NOVEMBER 2020 ABSTRACT Red seaweeds, Rhodophyta, are very beneficial as a good source of nutrients, collagen, and bioactive metabolites. Thus, seaweeds are consumed or harvested for various industries, including processed food and nutraceuticals. It has been debated that metabolic compounds of the seaweeds could be due to the interactions between the seaweeds and its holobiont environment which hosts microorganisms such as bacteria, protists, algal virus, fungi, and diatoms. It was the interest of this research to investigate the bacterial community profile of edible red seaweed, Gracilaria manilaensis, often found in coastal villages of peninsular Malaysia, and compare it against Laurencia sp., which is a genus prolific for the discovery and extraction of bioactive metabolic compounds. Studies of bacterial diversity associated to other Rhodophyta species have been conducted worldwide, but not extensively in Malaysia. Isolation of bacteria from marine environment is primarily done for identification of bacterial species and exploring the value of bacteria or its bioactive compounds in biotechnological application. Eight selective enrichment media were used and the bacteria isolated was also compared to the bacteria profile identified through amplicon sequencing. For the seaweed, G. manilaensis, there was a total colony count of 1022 on 8 media with 3 replicates, which 80 isolates were selected for 16S rRNA identification and 43 OTUs were identified. Dominant bacteria phylum was Proteobacteria, and other isolated phyla were Firmicutes, Bacteroidetes, and Actinobacteria. The phyla profile was similar to that of the amplicon sequencing sample with 88 OTUs identified. For the red seaweed, Laurencia sp., 8 OTUs were isolated by bacteria culture-dependent approach and 41 OTUs were discovered by amplicon sequencing molecular approach. From the 8 culture OTUs, 3 were positive from bromoperoxidase gene. Sequences data analysis indicated that members of the Alphaproteobacteria and the Bacteroidetes which are predominant were likely to have an important role in the function of this marine bacterial community as the bacterial phyla observed are ubiquitous in seawater with some OTUs and isolates were homologous to bacteria in marine host cluster. Further investigation on these bacteria is hoped to reveal how the identified bacteria can be beneficial in a seaweed environment or for other biodiscoveries. ii خﻻصة البحث إن الطحالب احلمراء، أو رودوفيتا، مفيدة للغاية كمصدر جيد للعناصر الغذ ،ائية والكوﻻجني، املستقلبات النشطة احليوي . ةوابلتايل، أن اﻷعشاب البحرية تستهلك أو حتصد يف صناعات خمتلفة، مبا يف ذلك اﻷغذية املصنعة واملكمﻻت الغذائية. وجرت مناقشة إمكانية املركبات املستقلبات لﻷعشاب البحرية انجتة عن التفاعﻻت بني اﻷعشاب البحرية وبيئتها اليت تضم الكائنات اجملهرية مثل البكتياي والطﻻئعيات والفيوس الطحليب والفطرايت والدايتومات. وأمهية هذا البحث هي دراسة خصائص اجملتمع البكتيي للطحالب احلمراء الصاحلة لﻷكل، وهي إغراسيﻻراي مانيلينسيس اليت وجدت كثيا يف القرى الساحلية لشبه جزيرة ماليزاي، ومقارنتها مع لورينسيا إسيب، وهي مادة غز يرة اﻹنتاج ﻻكتشاف املستقلبات النشطة احليوية واستخﻻصها. وقد أجريت دراسات على التنوع ال يبكتي املرتبطة أبنواع رودوفيتا اﻷخرى يف مجيع أحناء العامل، ولكن ليست على نطاق واسع يف ماليزاي. ويتم عزل البكتياي عن البيئة البحرية أساسا لتحديد اﻷنواع البكتيية واستكشاف قيمة البكتياي أو ا مركباهتاحليوية يف تطبيقات التكنولوجيا احليوية. كما مت استخدام مثانية وسائط للتخصيب اﻻنتقائي ومتت أيضا مقارنة البكتياي املعزولة خبصائص البكتياي اليت مت حتديدها من خﻻل تسلسل اﻷمبليكون. وابلنسبة ﻷعشاب البحر، إغراسيﻻراي مانيلينسيس، كان هناك تعداد كلي من املستعمرات قدره ١٠٢٢ يف ٨ وسائط مع ٣ ِّ ِّ rRNA حاﻻت تكرار، أختيت ٨٠ حالة عزلية لتحديد هوية ١٦ رمز الَّران ال ريباس ي ( ) وحددت ٤٣ وحدة التصنيف التشغيلية (OTU). وشعبة البكتياي املهيمنة كانت بكتياي بروتينية، وغيها من الشعب املعزولة كانت متينات اجلدار، العصوانيات، والشعاوايت. وكان ملف تعريف الشعب شبيها مبثال عينة تسلسل اﻷمبليكون مع حتديد ٨٨ OTU. أما ابلنسبة للطحالب احلمراء، لورينسيا إسيب.، فقد مت اكتشاف ٨ OTU عن طريق املزرعة ةالبكتيي املنعزلة واكتشاف ٤١ OTU عن طريق هنج جزيئي متسلسل اﻷمبليكون. ومن مثانية مستفردات OTU، كانت ثﻻثة منها إجيابية من جني بروموبروكسيديز. وقد أشار حتليل بياانت التسلسل إىل أن أفراد متقلبات ألفا والعصوانيات كانت سائدة مرجحة وهلا دور مهم يف وظيفة هذا اجملتمع البكتيي البحري حيث أهنا شوهدت يف كل مكان يف مياه البحر مع بعض OTU والشعب كانت متماثلة مع البكتياي يف اجملموعة البحرية املضيفة. ومن املأمول إجراء مزيد من الدراسة بشأن هذه البكتياي لكشف كيفية استفادهتا يف بيئة اﻷعشاب البحرية أو يف اﻻكتشافات البيولوجية اﻷخرى. iii APPROVAL PAGE The thesis of Najatul Su Ad binti Abdullah has been approved by the following: _____________________________ Mohd Azrul Naim bin Mohammad Supervisor _____________________________ Zaima Azira Zainal Abidin Co-Supervisor ______ ________ Normawaty Mohammad Noor Co-Supervisor _____________________________ Zarina Zainuddin Internal Examiner _____________________________ Goh Kian Mau External Examiner _____________________________ I-Made Sudiana External Examiner _____________________________ Siti Aesah @ Naznin Muhammad Chairman iv DECLARATION I hereby declare that this thesis is the result of my own investigations, except where otherwise stated. I also declare that it has not been previously or concurrently submitted as a whole for any other degrees at IIUM or other institutions. Najatul Su Ad binti Abdullah Signature ........................................................... Date ......................................... v COPYRIGHT PAGE INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA DECLARATION OF COPYRIGHT AND AFFIRMATION OF FAIR USE OF UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH BACTERIAL DIVERSITY ASSOCIATED WITH RED SEAWEEDS, Gracilaria manilaensis & Laurencia sp., FOUND IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA I declare that the copyright holders of this thesis are jointly owned by the student and IIUM. Copyright © 2020 Najatul Su Ad binti Abdullah and International Islamic University Malaysia. All rights reserved. No part of this unpublished research may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without prior written permission of the copyright holder except as provided below 1. Any material contained in or derived from this unpublished research may be used by others in their writing with due acknowledgement. 2. IIUM or its library will have the right to make and transmit copies (print or electronic) for institutional and academic purposes. 3. The IIUM library will have the right to make, store in a retrieved system and supply copies of this unpublished research if requested by other universities and research libraries. By signing this form, I acknowledged that I have read and understand the IIUM Intellectual Property Right and Commercialization policy. Affirmed by Najatul Su Ad binti Abdullah ……..……..…………… ………………….. Signature Date HT PAGE vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious and the Most Merciful. And of His signs is that He sends the winds as bringers of good tidings and to let you taste His mercy and so the ships may sail at His command and so you may seek of His bounty, and perhaps you will be grateful (Ar-Rum: 46). SubhannAllah and Alhamdulillah, for these bounties and may we always be thankful. Alhamdulillah, All Praise to Allah Al-Mighty for this wonderful journey. I would not have achieved this without His Guidance and Benevolence in every aspect in my life. I would like to convey my deepest gratitude to my primary supervisor, Dr. Mohd Azrul Naim Mohamad, chairman of my supervisory committee, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Normawaty Mohd Noor, and co-supervisor, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zaima Azira Zainal Abidin, for their dedication to see me through this PhD journey. Their advices and help, academically and personally, had motivated me each time I struggled through problems during my study and personal life. May Allah reward all of you and the faculty of Kulliyyah of Science, who all become my mentors, for every effort done towards my study completion. I would like to acknowledge the Academic Trainee Scheme of International Islamic University Malaysia and the Ministry of Higher Education under SLAB, for the sponsorship of my studies. I would also like to thank the staff and my friends at KOS and in IIUM for their continuous support, help, laughter, and motivation that have made this journey memorable. It will be an endless list to name all of you, but I believe you all know who you are. To my family, mum dad, kids, and parents-in-law, your endless love and prayers have comforted me through my hardest times and struggles. You all celebrated my success no matter how small, and for that I am grateful. Lastly, to my husband who is my closest supporter, I can’t express enough how much I am in love and indebted to you for all your care and sacrifices over these years for me. This is for us for never giving up on our dreams vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract ..................................................................................................................... ii Abstract in Arabic
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