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Investigation of Antimicrobial Activities of Certain Isolated Fungi and Characterization of Bioactive Compound

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Biochemistry

Abstract

This research aimed to identify, isolate, and screen fungi from 10 soil samples. Using the agar well diffusion technique, the isolated cultures' capacity to generate antimicrobial metabolites was assessed against the virulent strains E. coli ATCC 8739, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538, and Candida albicans ATCC 10231. Ten fungal isolates were crudely extracted, and the extract showed antibacterial action against one or more of the diseases under investigation. Further investigation was directed towards the NS6 isolate, which exhibited the highest level of activity among all the isolated strains against all tested pathogens. They matched them to other pertinent GenBank (NCBI) sequences using a particular internal transcribed spacer primer (ITS1/ITS4). Additionally, a variety of solvents were tested to determine which one produced the highest concentration of antibacterial compounds. PTLC and TLC bioautography have been used to purify antimicrobial substances. Using molecular identification, the most potent isolated fungus was identified as Aspergillus niger. Using IR, NMR, and mass spectra, the most promising bioactive molecule extracted from Aspergillus niger was discovered as (3-ethoxy-6-ethyle-8-hydroxy-4-p-tolyl-isochroman-1-one). The active compound extract of the Aspergillus niger strain was subjecte to column chromatography. Among the 12 fractions collected, the fraction number 4 had the highest overall antimicro bial activity with inhibition zone of 28 mm against Escherichia coli, 26 mm against Staphylococcus aureus and 25 mm against Candida albicans .

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2023.213929.8038

Keywords

fungi, agar well diffusion, antimicrobial activity, Optimization, Molecular identification, Biooutography, Mass spectra"

Authors

First Name

Abdelhamid

Last Name

Ghamry

MiddleName

K.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

elgmryscience1990@gmail.com

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First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Yosri

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

The Regional Center for Mycology and Biotechnology- Al Azhar University

Email

mohammed.yosri@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0001-7225-8658

First Name

Hussein

Last Name

El-Sheikh

MiddleName

H.

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

elsheikh_hussien@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Salah

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

The Regional Center for Mycology and Biotechnology, Al-Azhar University, Nasr City, Cairo 11787, Egypt

Email

dr_ahmedsalah_lab@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Younis

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Science (Boys), Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

amyounis8@gmail.com

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-

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Volume

66

Article Issue

13

Related Issue

43707

Issue Date

2023-12-01

Receive Date

2023-05-28

Publish Date

2023-12-01

Page Start

1,657

Page End

1,670

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_314286.html

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314,286

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Investigation of Antimicrobial Activities of Certain Isolated Fungi and Characterization of Bioactive Compound

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30 Dec 2024