Title
Detection of rhlAB, rhlR and rhlR genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa natives overproducers of ramnolipids
Date Issued
01 October 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
research article
Abstract
Genes associated to rhamnolipids production were molecularly characterized in 61 bacterial strains from LAMYBIM bacterial collection (Laboratorio de MicrobiologĂºa y BiotecnologĂºa Microbiana, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, PerĂº). Strains were isolated from peruvian environments hydrocarbons polluted and were classified as RL overproducers (n= 21), RL producers (n = 20) and non-producers (n = 20) producers. Molecular identification using the 16S rRNA gene was preceded by the biochemical identification of 61 strains selected with the API 20 NE system. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was the most prevalent strain of the RL overproducers and RL producers. Species such as Burkholderia cepacea, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Aeromonas hydrophila and Chryseobacterium indologenes, were found too. In the same way, non-producers microorganisms were also characterized. The PCR amplification and agarose gel electrophoresis techniques, standarized by the UNAM laboratory, showed that the selected strains had the genes: rhlA, rhlB, rhlR and rhlC. For the sequencing of the rhLABR gene region, four strains were selected: Pseudomonas aeruginosa T2K2, Pseudomonas aeruginosa III T1P2, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 6K-11 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027, applying the methodology standardized by the UNAM and were compared with Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Our results show that the genes studied in the selected strains are synonymous with their homologues in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 standard strain. Therefore, genotypical differences that explain the overproduction of rhamnolipid might be found in other molecular markers not covered in this study.
Start page
293
End page
302
Volume
24
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
BiologĂ­a celular, MicrobiologĂ­a
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85032824784
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sponsor(s)
Los autores manifiestan su agradecimiento a los investigadores del Instituto de Investigaciones BiomĂ©dicas de la Universidad AutĂ³noma de MĂ©xico (UNAM), a la Unidad de SĂ­ntesis y Se-cuenciaciĂ³n de DNA (USSDNA) del Instituto de BiotecnologĂ­a de la UNAM, sede Cuernavaca, Estado de Morelos. Al Programa Nacional de InnovaciĂ³n para la Competitividad y Productividad (InnĂ³vate PerĂº) bajo el contrato Nº238-FINCyT-IA-2013.
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