Description
Mangroves are considered the most diverse and productive coastal ecosystems and a hotspotfor microbial diversity due to their specific environmental conditions. Recently, it has been of
great interest to understand the composition and contribution of microorganisms in
mangroves. In the present study, we investigated marine bacterial diversity along mangrove
ecosystem of Miani Hor, district Lasbela Balochistan. Culturable bacterial strains were isolated
from different parts of mangrove plant such as bark, root, flower and leaves also from
seawater, mangrove fauna and sediments near and around forest area of Miani Hor. Total 87
colonies were isolated 13 were sequenced and identified through 16S rRNA gene amplicon
sequencing from 2 different sites. Surprisingly the taxonomic analysis revealed that all the
isolates belong to genus Bacillus. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequences classified 5 major
clusters sharing the groups with important beneficial Bacillus species such as B. subtilis, B.
nealsonii, B. licheniformis, B. cereus and B. Bacilus methylotrophicus. This is the first study
conducted at Miani Hor in terms of Bacillus diversity.
| Period | 27 May 2019 → 31 May 2019 |
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| Held at | CEPLAS Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences, Germany |
| Degree of Recognition | International |