Journal
ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 204, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-021-02611-0
Keywords
Haloarchaea; C-50 carotenoids; Antioxidant; Antibacterial activity; Salt lakes; Algeria
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- Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
- FEDER Programa-Andalucia 2014-2020 [UHU-1257518]
- Universidad de Alicante [VIGROB-016]
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This study presents the analysis of carotenoids from halophilic archaea strains, which show strong antioxidant and antibacterial activities. These findings suggest promising prospects for biotechnological applications of carotenoids from these strains.
Halophilic archaea represent a promising natural source of carotenoids. However, little information is available about these archaeal metabolites and their biological effects. In the present work, carotenoids of strains Haloferax sp. ME16, Halogeometricum sp. ME3 and Haloarcula sp. BT9, isolated from Algerian salt lakes, were produced, extracted and identified by high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detector and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Analytical results revealed a variation in the composition depending on the strain with a predominance of bacterioruberin. The evaluation of antioxidant capacity using ABTS [(2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)] and DPPH (2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl) assays showed that these extracts have a strong antioxidant potential, in particular those of Haloferax sp. ME16 which displayed antioxidant power significantly higher than that of ascorbic acid used as standard. Antibacterial activity of carotenoid extracts against four human-pathogenic strains and four fish-pathogenic strains was evaluated by agar disk diffusion method. The results showed a good antibacterial activity. These findings suggest that the C-50 carotenoids from the studied strains offer promising prospects for biotechnological applications.
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