Culture-Dependent Bioprospecting of Bacterial Isolates From the Canadian High Arctic Displaying Antibacterial Activity

• Published in: Frontiers in Microbiology
• Main Authors: Evangelos Marcolefas, Tiffany Leung, Mira Okshevsky, Geoffrey McKay, Emma Hignett, Jérémie Hamel, Gabriela Aguirre, Olivia Blenner-Hassett, Brian Boyle, Roger C. Lévesque, Dao Nguyen, Samantha Gruenheid, Lyle Whyte
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; bioprospecting; antibiotics; secondary metabolites; microbial cultivation; Microbiology; QR1-502; Nunavut; Canada; Heiberg; Axel Heiberg Island; permafrost
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01836; https://doaj.org/article/8429444ce059445ca7447b3fc9297d8a

The goal of this study was to isolate, screen, and characterize Arctic microbial isolates from Expedition Fjord, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada capable of inhibiting the growth of foodborne and clinically relevant pathogens. Arctic bacteria were isolated from twelve different high Arctic habit...