title: Antimicrobial activities and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of Bacillus isolates from the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba.
abstract: The aim of this study was to isolate bacteria that are resistant to the strong antimicrobial metabolites characteristic of Aplysina aerophoba. For this purpose, bacterial isolation was performed on agar plates to which sponge tissue extract had been added. Following screening for antifungal and antimicrobial activities, 5 strains were chosen for more detailed analyses. 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing revealed that all isolates belonged to the genus Bacillus, specifically B. subtilis and B. pumilus. Using a combination of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ ionization mass spectrometry typing of whole cells and antimicrobial bioassays against selected reference strains, the bioactive metabolites were identified as lipopeptides.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Pabel
authors.forename: Joachim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vater
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilde
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Franke
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hofemeister
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bringmann
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hacker
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hentschel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001407:Bacillus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001681:Biological Assay; D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005602:France; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D011161:Porifera / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000382:microbiology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D008074:Lipoproteins