Thermophilic actinomycetes associated with agro-environment of Punjab State (India)
✍ Scribed by Dr. S. Singh; M. S. Sandhu; M. Singh; R. K. Harchand
- Book ID
- 102388578
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 380 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0233-111X
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✦ Synopsis
Thermophilic actinomycetes (TAs) are unique high temperature aerobic bacteria which belong to the group actinomycetes. While working on hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP), an immunological disorder, resulting from the inhalation of spores of thermophilic actinomycetes, it was considered worthwhile to record their occurrence in the environment of Punjab. Thermophilic actinomycetes isolated by spread plate method from nine different substrates of the Punjab environment were identified as 8 different species. Atmospheric occurence of TAs was detected by exposing Petri dishes containing soy agar medium which were exposed in six different environments of the state. Seven thermophilic species were recorded. Thermoactinomyces vulgaris was the predominant species with 87.5, 87. I, and 100% prevalence in the soil, natural manure and the wheat field, respectively. The study is the first report of its kind from this region.