期刊名称:Science et changements planétaires / Sécheresse
印刷版ISSN:1147-7806
电子版ISSN:1777-5922
出版年度:1998
卷号:9
期号:2
页码:147-153
出版社:John Libbey Eurotext
摘要:Authors Nasserdine Sabaou , Hadjira Boudjella , Achour Bennadji , Abdellah Mostefaoui , Abdelghani Zitouni , Lynda Lamari , Hayet Bennadji , Gérard Lefèbvre , Pierre Germain École normale supérieure de Kouba, BP 92, Vieux Kouba, Alger, Algérie. Centre de recherche scientifique et technique sur les régions arides, Unité de recherche sur les zones arides, BP 44, Alger-Gare 1 6000, Algérie, ENSAIA, Institut national polytechnique de Lorraine, 54500 Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France. Page(s) : 147-53 Published in: 1998 Actinomycetes are prevalent in oasis palm-grove soils in the Algerian Sahara. These often rare bacteria are well known for their antibiotic-producing potential. They are found in the soil surface horizons, and also at depths of more than 2 m in high quantity. Very diversified species are present in the surface horizon, whereas each deeper horizon is characterized by a particular species. Overall, 727 very well known to rare strains have been isolated and classified into 25 genera, including 132 species. Some of these strains secrete active molecules and preliminary studies indicate that some could be original molecules. This highlights that Saharan oasis soils have considerable resources that have not yet been tapped, especially in the field of antibiotics, which could be produced to stall bacterial and fungal diseases that have been spreading in recent years.