PHENOTYPIC AND PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM THE ANTS LASIUS NIGER AND FORMICA CUNICULARIA
Abstract
Multiple actinomycete strains were isolated from two ant species, Lasius niger and Formica cunicularia, and their phenotypic properties and phylogenetic position were studied. Partial sequencing of 16S rRNA assigned the most part of them to the genus Streptomyces, but only one belonged to the Nocardia. However, some isolates had got significant color and morphological differences from their closest phylogenetic relatives. The abundance and biodiversity of actinomycete communities isolated from ants L. niger greatly exceeded those found for F. cunicularia. All of the actinomycetes associated with ants F. cunicularia demonstrated cellulolytic activity but among the strains associated with black ants only one had such ability.
About the Authors
Yu. V. Zakalyukina
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Soil Biology, School of Soil Science,
Leninskiye gory 1-12, Moscow, 119234
M. V Biryukov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Microbiology, School of Biology,
Leninskiye gory 1-12, Moscow, 119234
M. V. Golichenkov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Soil Biology, School of Soil Science,
Leninskiye gory 1-12, Moscow, 119234
A. I. Netrusov
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Department of Microbiology, School of Biology,
Leninskiye gory 1-12, Moscow, 119234
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Zakalyukina Yu.V., Biryukov M.V., Golichenkov M.V., Netrusov A.I. PHENOTYPIC AND PHYLOGENETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM THE ANTS LASIUS NIGER AND FORMICA CUNICULARIA. Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 16. Biologiya. 2017;72(1):16-23. (In Russ.)
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