Indonesian Journal of Biology Education Vol. 3, No. 1, 2020, pp: 24-30 pISSN: 2654-5950, eISSN: 2654-9190 Email:
[email protected] Website: jurnal.untidar.ac.id/index.php/ijobe Molecular Identification of Two Rare Actinomycetes Isolated from Mosul, Iraq Talal S. Salih1*, Mohammed A. Ibraheem2, Muhammad A. Muhammad2 1Department of Biophysics, College of Science, University of Mosul 2 Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Mosul Email:
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[email protected], Article History Abstract Rare actinomycetes from diverse habitats are continued to be Received :11 – 05 – 2020 isolated and screened for their novel bioactive compounds. The Revised : 10 – 06 – 2020 present study aims to molecular, morphological and physiological Accepted : 16 – 07 – 2020 characterisation of two rare actinomycetes isolated from an Iraqi soil. Based on the 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the two isolates were categorized into two different rare genera Actinoplanes and *Corresponding Author Amycolatopsis that were designated as Actinoplanes sp. MOSUL Talal S. Salih and Amycolatopsis sp. MOSUL respectively. Phylogenetic trees Department of Biophysics analyses revealed that Act. sp. MOSUL was closely related strain to University of Mosul Act. xinjiangensis (jgi.1107663; identity 96.75%) and Act. lobatus 00964-Mosul, Iraq (AB037006; identity 96.76%), and Amy. sp. MOSUL was most
[email protected] related to Amy. bullii (HQ65173099; identity 99.71%) and Amy. Keywords: tolypomycina (FNSO01000004; identity 99.26%). The two rare rare actinomycetes, isolates had different morphological properties when grown on Actinoplanes sp. MOSUL, International Streptomyces Project (ISP) media, and different Amycolatopsis sp. MOSUL, 16S physiological and biochemical patterns when grown on Minimal rRNA gene.