Journal
JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 55, Issue 1, Pages 11-21Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201300785
Keywords
Subtropical dry forest; Ants; Paratrechina longicornis; Actinobacteria; Streptomyces
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- National Science Foundation [0702025]
- University of Puerto Rico
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0702025] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The diversity of Actinobacteria associated with Paratrechina longicornis, an ant species that prefers a high protein diet, in a subtropical dry forest (Guanica, Puerto Rico) was determined by culture methods and by 16S rDNA clone libraries. The results of both methodologies were integrated to obtain a broader view of the diversity. Streptomyces, Actinomadura, Nocardia, Ornithinimicrobium, Tsukamurella, Brevibacterium, Saccharopolyspora, Nocardioides, Microbacterium, Leifsonia, Pseudonocardia, Corynebacterium, Geodermatophilus, Amycolatopsis, and Nonomuraea were found associated with the ants. The genera Streptomyces and Actinomadura were the most abundant. Also, the diversity of Actinobacteria associated with the soil surrounding the nest was determined using 16S rDNA clone libraries. In total, 27 genera of Actinobacteria were associated with the nest soils. A dominant genus was not observed in any of the soil samples. We compared statistically the Actinobacteria communities among P. longicornis nests and each nest with its surrounding soil using the clone libraries data. We established that the communities associated with the ants were consistent and significantly different from those found in the soil in which the ants live.
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