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Year : 2015 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 2 | Pages : 87-97

Food and feeding of captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in the
three management facilities at Tamil Nadu, South India

Abstract :

Actinobacteria are widely distributed in the marine environment including the mangroves and the mangrove environment has been characterized as having abundant biological resources and a high level of endemism. Information on the actinobacteria of the mangrove environment is less and hence the present study was carried out in different mangrove areas of Bhiterkanika, Orissa. A total of 43 different actinobacterial strains were recorded from the mangrove sediment samples of Bhiterkanika. Among them, 19 isolates were morphologically distinct based on the colour of the spore mass, riverside colour, aerial and substrate mycelia, production of diffusible pigment and sporophore morphology. These isolates were identified as Streptomyces species. Actinobacterial strains were tested for amylase, cellulase, protease, lipase, L-asparginase, L-glutaminase, chitinase and pectinase activity and they were also screened for antimicrobial compounds; 10 isolates were found to be potential producers of these compounds. Results of the actinobacterial antimicrobial compounds and enzymes have indicated the scope for finding out more industrially important marine actinobacteria from the Bhiterkanika mangrove environment and they could be vital sources for the discovery of medicinally and industrially useful molecules and enzymes.

Keywords:

Mangrove, actinobacteria, industrial enzymes, antimicrobial compounds.

Citation: *,

( 2015), Food and feeding of captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in the
three management facilities at Tamil Nadu, South India. Scientific Transactions in Environment and Technovation, 2(2): 87-97

Mr.Veerapathiran K

Correspondence: V. Vanitha


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