Urease-Producing Halophilic Bacteria Isolated from Bahr Al-Milh Salt Lake, Karbala, Iraq | Zendy

Maryam Hosseini | Zendy; Fateme Babaha | Zendy; Mushtaq AL Rubaye | Zendy; Javad Fakhari | Zendy; Mastafa H. Al-Musawi | Zendy

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Urease-Producing Halophilic Bacteria Isolated from Bahr Al-Milh Salt Lake, Karbala, Iraq

Author(s) -

Maryam Hosseini,

Fateme Babaha,

Mushtaq AL Rubaye,

Javad Fakhari,

Mastafa H. Al-Musawi

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

journal of pure and applied microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149

H-Index - 16

eISSN - 2581-690X

pISSN - 0973-7510

DOI - 10.22207/jpam.11.2.09

Subject(s) - halophile , urease , salt (chemistry) , bacteria , salt lake , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , environmental chemistry , biology , enzyme , biochemistry , paleontology , genetics , structural basin

Salt lakes represent an extreme habitat for prokaryotes which tolerate significant concentration of NaCl. Many studies on screening and characterization of these microorganisms have been done, however, very little reported about urease producer halophilic bacteria. The present study aimed to isolate urease positive bacteria from Bahr Al-Milh Salt Lake, Karbala, Iraq. A total of 161 gram positive and 57 gram negative bacteria were found which one third of them showed the ability to produce urease. 16S rDNA sequencing analysis showed the isolated bacteria belong to genus Bacillus, Virgibacillus, Halobacillus and Staphylococcus. Further studies focusing on the enzyme structures and encoding genes are suggested.

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