International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology

ISSN 2326-7267

International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology ISSN: 2326-7267 Vol. 7 (2), pp. 001-005, February, 2018. © International Scholars Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Identification of a bacterium that produced an anti-mycobacterium tuberculosis activity

Chen-Xiaoxi

Basic Medicine College, Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University, Binjiang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, P. R. China. E-mail: [email protected]. Tel: 0086-0571-86613774. Postcode: 310053.

Accepted 09 December, 2017

Abstract

The colonial morphology, the cells and the spores of a bacterium had been observed that could produce an anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic. By physiological and biochemical characteristics and by 16S rDNA analysis, this bacterium was identified as Bacillus subtilis.

Key words: Bacterium, identification, 16S rDNA, Bacillus subtilis.