| Title: | Antibacterial Activity of Volatile Organic Compounds Produced by the Octocoral-Associated Bacteria Bacillus sp. BO53 and Pseudoalteromonas sp. GA327 |
| Author(s): | Garrido A; Atencio LA; Bethancourt R; Bethancourt A; Guzman H; Gutierrez M; Durant-Archibold AA; |
| Address: | "Center for Biodiversity and Drug Discovery, Instituto de Investigaciones Cientificas y Servicios de Alta Tecnologia (INDICASAT AIP), Panama City 0843-01103, Panama. Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Natural, Exact Sciences, and Technology, Universidad de Panama, Panama City 0824-03366, Panama. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City 0843-03092, Panama. Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural, Exact Sciences, and Technology, University of Panama, Panama City 0824-03366, Panama" |
| DOI: | 10.3390/antibiotics9120923 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2079-6382 (Print) 2079-6382 (Electronic) 2079-6382 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "The present research aimed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) produced by octocoral-associated bacteria Bacillus sp. BO53 and Pseudoalteromonas sp. GA327. The volatilome bioactivity of both bacteria species was evaluated against human pathogenic antibiotic-resistant bacteria, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter baumanni, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In this regard, the in vitro tests showed that Bacillus sp. BO53 VOCs inhibited the growth of P. aeruginosa and reduced the growth of S. aureus and A. baumanni. Furthermore, Pseudoalteromonas sp. GA327 strongly inhibited the growth of A. baumanni, and P. aeruginosa. VOCs were analyzed by headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) joined to gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) methodology. Nineteen VOCs were identified, where 5-acetyl-2-methylpyridine, 2-butanone, and 2-nonanone were the major compounds identified on Bacillus sp. BO53 VOCs; while 1-pentanol, 2-butanone, and butyl formate were the primary volatile compounds detected in Pseudoalteromonas sp. GA327. We proposed that the observed bioactivity is mainly due to the efficient inhibitory biochemical mechanisms of alcohols and ketones upon antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This is the first report which describes the antibacterial activity of VOCs emitted by octocoral-associated bacteria" |
| Keywords: | Bacillus Pseudoalteromonas antibacterial activity antibiotic-resistant bacteria bacteria volatile organic compounds octocoral-associated bacteria volatilome; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEGarrido, Anette Atencio, Librada A Bethancourt, Rita Bethancourt, Ariadna Guzman, Hector Gutierrez, Marcelino Durant-Archibold, Armando A eng Switzerland 2020/12/24 Antibiotics (Basel). 2020 Dec 18; 9(12):923. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9120923" |
