Open AccessNovel Antibacterial Proteins from the Microbial Communities Associated with the Sponge Cymbastela concentrica and the Green Alga Ulva australis
Author(s) -
Pui Yi Yung,
Catherine Burke,
Matt Lewis,
Staffan Kjelleberg,
Torsten Thomas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.02038-10
Subject(s) - sponge , biology , chlorophyta , botany , antibacterial activity , green algae , ecology , algae , bacteria , genetics
The functional metagenomic screening of the microbial communities associated with a temperate marine sponge and a green alga identified three novel hydrolytic enzymes with antibacterial activities. The results suggest that uncultured alpha- and gammaproteobacteria contain new classes of proteins that may be a source of antibacterial agents.