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    Determinación preliminar de producción de compuestos bioactivos de actinomicetes y bacterias aislados de ecosistemas glaciares andinos y antárticos
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Facultad de Ciencia e Ingeniería en Alimentos. Carrera de Ingeniería Bioquímica, 2018-03) Estrada Espín, María Cristina; Rodríguez Meza, Carlos Alberto
    Seventy-nine actinomycete and thirty-three bacterial strains were isolated from soil and sand samples collected from glacial ecosystems from Chimborazo, Cotopaxi and Antarctica. Microorganisms were phenotypically characterized and their capacity to produce bioactive compounds against several microorganisms was determined. The results were analyzed by numerical taxonomy at 90 percent similarity. Actinomycetes were divided in forty phenetic groups, while bacteria were divided in twenty-nine. Fifty-five actinomycetes were isolated from Chimborazo, sixteen from Cotopaxi and four from Antarctica. In relation to bacteria seventeen strains came from Chimborazo, fourteen from Cotopaxi and one from Antarctica. The phenotypic data related to the growth depending on the temperatura, showed that all isolated microorganisms presented mesophilic characteristics. Respect to tolerance to NaCl, 61 percent bacteria presented growth characteristics over of salt levels up 15 percent w/v in medium , while actinomycetes only supported concentrations about 1 percent NaCl. Regarding production capacity of bioactive compounds, 84 percent of actinomycetes and 70 percent of bacteria isolated, showed antagonistic activity against the model microorganisms used. The actinomycetes DE002 and DE053 strains produced metabolites with bactericidal characteristics and DE006, DE031, DE081, DE083 and DE084 strains fungicidal metabolites. Bacteria were not able to produce compounds with bactericidal or fungicidal capacity and were only effective for certain species of microorganisms. Data obtained in the current investigation, demonstrated wide metabolic and phenotypic diversity of actinomycetes and bacteria present in glacial ecosystems. Further studies are necessary to explore its potential for the industrial production of bioactive compounds.