Abstract
Actinobacteria (Actinomycetes) are gram-positive, facultative anaerobic fungus-like filamentous bacteria. They are extensively distributed in the natural habitat and entailed in different biological and metabolic processes, such as useful for producing extracellular enzymes. In addition, almost 90% of Actinomycetes genera have been isolated from soil, which are innocuous for different fields: industrial and pharmaceutical sectors. Besides, Actinomycetes produce distinctive pigments on the media which are red, green, yellow, and black in color. Based on the geographical variations in altitude and soil type and their contents, there is a possibility of observing similar microflora, which conjectures to vary the distribution of antimicrobial producing Actinomycetes.
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Savitha, T., Khalifa, A., Sankaranarayanan, A. (2022). Isolation of Actinobacteria from Soil and Marine Sediment Samples. In: Dharumadurai, D. (eds) Methods in Actinobacteriology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1728-1_1
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