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    Determinación de la diversidad de actinomicetes aislados de ecosistemas glaciares de los Andes y la Antártida
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato. Facultad de Ciencia e Ingeniería en Alimentos. Carrera de Ingeniería Bioquímica, 2019-05) Chamorro Sevilla, María Belén; Rodríguez Meza, Carlos Alberto
    Were identified 152 strains of actinomycetes molecularly isolated from cold ecosystems of Antarctica, Cotopaxi and Chimborazo. Through the amplification of the fingerprinting patterns by rep-PCR, using the first BOX A1R1, I was able to construct the genotypic dendrogram generated by the Pearson coefficient and the UPGMA algorithm, obtaining 23 species-groups. The phylogenetic analysis of the 16S rDNA gene was constructed by calculating the evolutionary distances of Jukes & Cantor and the Neighbor - Joining algorithm. It was possible to identify 4 different species, which belonged to the genus Streptomyces, while the strain DE-067 was associated to the genus Nocardia. On the other hand, by phenotypic characterization it was determined that most of the strains of this study were mesophilic, weak halophilic and neutrotolerant. In addition, they have a great ability to metabolize amino acids as a source of carbon and nitrogen. With the obtained results, the phenotypic dendrogram was constructed by the SSM coefficient and the UPGMA algorithm, determining 23 species-groups at 89 percent similarity. Subsequently, the molecular identification of the collection was carried out using the 16S rDNA gene, with the strains that shared fingerprinting patterns like the identified species. Achieving taxonomically position 87 strains, in 14 groups-species at 80 percent similarity. As it is evident, it is necessary to complement the results obtained in this study, by means of the molecular identification of the strains that were not sequenced, to know with certainty the diversity of actinomycetes in the collection.