Antimicrobial Activity of Marine Bacterial Symbionts Retrieved from Shallow Water Hydrothermal Vents

• Published in: Marine Biotechnology
• Main Authors: Eythorsdottir, Arnheidur, Omarsdottir, Sesselja, Einarsson, Hjorleifur
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2016
• Subjects: Eyjafjörður; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/60395/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/60395/1/Eythorsdottir%20et%20al.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10126-016-9695-7

Marine sponges and other sessile macro-organisms were collected at a shallow water hydrothermal site in Eyjafjörður, Iceland. Bacteria were isolated from the organisms using selective media for actinomycetes, and the isolates were screened for antimicrobial activity. A total of 111 isolates revealed...