Year: 2016 | Month: December | Volume 3 | Issue 2
Molecular Characterization of Pigment Producing Microbes Associated with Marine Sponges and their Microbial Assay
Aravindh Sivaganesh and Ruban Packiasamy
DOI:10.5958/2454-9541.2016.00014.1
Abstract:
Marine sponges are animals grows under the sea level, contain abundant microbial communities, such as bacteria, archaea, microalgae, and fungi. Sponge associated microorganisms are an untapped source for pigments that can have wide range of applications in industries including food industry and textile industry. In the current study, Four species of sponges (Echinodictyum sp., Spongia sp., Halichondria panicea and Hippospongia lachne) from a depth of 5–10m were collected from Thiruchendur, South East coast of India and screened for pigment producing microbes. The Isolated microbes were characterized by phenotypic and molecular characterization. The pigments were extracted from the isolated microbes and are characterized by which they found to be carotenoid and chlorophyll. The antimicrobial activity of the pigment was analyzed by antibiotic sensitivity test, in which green pigment showed a broad spectrum of activity against Staphylococcus sp., viz., 22.5 mm, 25mm, 27mm, 30mm, and 32 mm respectively.
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