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Sahar Zarrien1, Archana S. Rao1 , M.P. Prasad2, Bibi Ayesha1, Ajay Nair1, Aneesa Fasim1, M.A. Surabhi1, M. Gnanika1 and Sunil S. More1
1School of Basic and Applied Sciences, Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
2Sangene Biotech, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Article Number: 10587 | © The Author(s). 2025
J Pure Appl Microbiol. 2025;19(3):2120-2140. https://doi.org/10.22207/JPAM.19.3.40
Received: 12 May 2025 | Accepted: 24 June 2025 | Published online: 03 September 2025
Issue online: September 2025
Abstract

Marine bacteria (n = 1,928) were isolated using Actinomycetes Isolation Agar (AIA) media and screened against bacteria causing nosocomial lower respiratory tract infections via agar overlay method. Nine Actinomycetes displayed significant antimicrobial efficacy against target pathogens, viz. Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Based on the inhibitory efficiency, SZ33 was chosen for further studies and identified as a new strain Streptomyces rochei SZ33 (OQ726229). Production of antimicrobial secondary metabolites was optimized and best results were achieved at pH 6, 20 °C, with 2% salt concentration. FTIR analysis revealed the presence of alcohol and amide carbonyl compounds. Analysis of diethyl ether extract using GC-MS confirmed the presence of antimicrobial compounds, viz. β-carotene-3,3′-diol, (3R, 3’R)-all-trans; 2H-pyran, 2-(7-heptadecynyloxy) tetrahydro; astaxanthin and aurin etc. Furthermore, docking studies demonstrated that natural compounds derived from SZ33, exhibited superior binding affinities, with larger allosteric binding pocket sites compared to conventional synthetic antibiotics.

Keywords

Secondary Metabolites, GC-MS, Optimization, Molecular Docking, Binding Pockets, Antibiotics, Crude Extract

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