ANTAGONISTIC ACTIVITY OF MARINE BACTERIA OF BACILLUS, PRIESTIA AND PAENIBACILLUS GENERA OF DIFFERENT THERMOTYPES

SummaryAim. To study the antagonistic activity of bacteria of genera Bacillus, Priestia and Paenibacillus at different conditions of cultivation. Methods. Antagonistically active spore-forming bacteria isolated from deep-sea bottom sediments of the Black Sea were used for the study. Determination of thermotypes was performed using the results of analysis of fatty acid profile parameters. Antagonistic activity to test strains of bacterial opportunistic pathogens was detected by the method of agar blocks on Gauze № 1 and Nutrient Agar media at different cultivation temperatures. Results. Aerobic bacilli of genera Bacillus, Priestia and Paenibacillus of all three thermotypes – thermotolerants, mesophiles and psychrotrophes, in general show lower antagonistic activity when cultured at 37 °C on both media, except for a marked increase in psychrotrophe antagonistic activity at 37 °С on Gauze № 1. Conclusions. It was established that belonging to a certain thermotype affects the character of the antagonistic activity of sporeforming bacteria. The antagonistic activity of mesophilic and thermotolerant bacteria at a higher temperature of cultivation is lower, and that of psychrotrophic bacteria at a higher temperature and on Gauze № 1 medium is higher.