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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2013 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 21 | Page No.: 1311-1317
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.1311.1317

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Appadurai Daniel Reegan

Country: India

Michael Gabriel Paulraj

Country: India

Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu

Country: India

Keywords


  • midgut bacteria
  • 16S rRNA
  • Halobacillus litoralis
  • Staphylococcus cohnii
  • Culex quinquefasciatus
Research Article

Isolation and Characterization of Halotolerant Bacteria Associated with the Midgut of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae)

Appadurai Daniel Reegan, Michael Gabriel Paulraj and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu
We show for the first time that the midgut of Culex quinquefasciatus (Say) mosquito larvae harbors halotolerant bacteria. The midgut from field collected Cx. quinquefasciatus larvae were dissected under aseptic conditions, homogenized and plated on LB agar medium with 2% (w/v) NaCl. Two different colonies were successfully isolated and bacterial isolates were identified by 16S rRNA sequences. The halotolerant bacterial isolates were: Halobacillus litoralis (CxH1) and Staphylococcus cohnii (CxH2). The gene sequence of these isolates has been deposited in GenBank (JN016804 and JN183986). These halotolerant bacteria grew in the absence of salt (0%) as well as in the presence of relatively high salt concentrations in culture medium (20%), and grew best in the presence of 8-10% (w/v) NaCl. H. litoralis and S. cohnii showed growth up to 18 and 20% (w/v) NaCl, respectively. Optimum growth temperatures for both the bacteria were between 30-37°C. H. litoralis was resistant to the antibiotics oxacillin, penicillin, polymixin and S. cohnii was resistant to the antibiotic oxacillin.
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Appadurai Daniel Reegan, Michael Gabriel Paulraj and Savarimuthu Ignacimuthu, 2013. Isolation and Characterization of Halotolerant Bacteria Associated with the Midgut of Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 16: 1311-1317.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.1311.1317

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2013.1311.1317

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