Molecular Identification, Phylogenetic Classification and Proteolytic Capacity of Cultivable Bacteria Isolated from Soils in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

Authors

  • Ngo Itsouhou Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (BCM), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Co
  • Nguimbi Etienne Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (BCM), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Congo.
  • Kayath Aimé Christian Unité de Microbiologie Moléculaire et Bioinformatique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.
  • Ampa Raoul Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire (BCM), Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, République du Congo.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v7i2.475

Keywords:

molecular identification; phylogenetic classification; proteolytic activity; bacteria; soils

Abstract

Soils present a biodiversity of bacteria, part of this microflora is cultivable, it can be estimated, characterized and identified. Four zones each comprising three sites were sampled in Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo. Phenotypic characterization, molecular identification and proteolytic capacity of soil bacteria were conducted. One of the factors, the pH was measured, the pH values were between 6 and 7. From the classical microbiology techniques, we counted the total flora of the microorganisms in (CFU / g.103), it is between 47 ± 11.2 and 214 ± 58.2 and that of bacteria of the genus Bacillus from 51.3 ± 5.0 to 74 ± 30.7. Cocci and bacilli were obtained, Gram- and Gram + bacteria distinguished, all bacteria were catalase +, some had sporulation, others not. Thirty-one (31) isolates were phenotypically characterized and 16S rDNA PCR was performed. Ten (10) strains were sequenced and the phylogenetic classification of the identified strains presented. Blastn's research on the 16S rDNA sequences of the different strains shows similarity rates (96.77% -100%) and E. value (9.00E-93 -0.0), these two indices allowed the identification of the strains studied. The percentages of the identified strains are as follows: Bacillus cereus (20%) = MN6 and MN14, Bacillus pumilus (10%) = MN7, Bacillus thuringiensis (10%) = MN12, B sp. (10%) = MN17, Bacillus subtilis (10%) = MN26, Staphylococcus haemolyticus (10%) = MN8, Staphylococcus saprophyticus (10%) = MN21, Staphylococcus sp. (10%) = MN22, Staphylococcus gallinarum (10%) = MN24. The phylogenetic tree shows that the bacteria belong to two main monophyletic genera, the genus Bacillus and the genus Staphylococcus. The proteolytic capacity of Bacillus bacteria was assessed in parallel with growth. The optical density was between (0.8- 0.93) and proteolytic enzyme production between (9-20mm). The parallelism between growth and enzymatic production shows that the two phenomena are distinct.

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26.12.2019

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Itsouhou, N., Etienne, N., Christian, K. A., & Raoul, A. (2019). Molecular Identification, Phylogenetic Classification and Proteolytic Capacity of Cultivable Bacteria Isolated from Soils in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo. Journal of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, 7(2), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.54987/jobimb.v7i2.475

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