Today both academic and commercial interests in marine actinobacteria are growing. As they live in a unique environment that promotes the synthesis of new biologically active metabolites. The aim of the work is isolation, primary identification and study of morphological, cultural, physiological and biochemical properties of actinobacteria, separate from mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis) of the Odessa Bay of the Black Sea. Methods. Samples of mussels collected in the coastal zone of Odessa Bay were used as material for the isolation of actinobacteria. Isolation of actinobacteria and the study of their morphological, cultural, physiological and biochemical properties was carried out by traditional microbiological methods. The fatty acid composition was determined on an Agilent 7890 semi-ionization gas chromatograph (Agilent Technologies, USA) to identify test strains using the Sherlock Microbial Identification System library. Results. From samples of mussels collected in 2020 in the area of the Hydrobiological Station of Odessa National I.I. Mechnikov University were isolated 14 strains of actinobacteria. They were identified by fatty acid analysis to Streptomyces genus. Strains of Streptomyces sp. Myt2, Myt6 and Myt7ch synthesized melanoid pigments. Strains of actinobacteria are well absorbed by most of the studied sources of carbon, except strains of Streptomyces sp. Myt12a, Myt12b. Almost half of the strains have oxidase activity and coagulate milk. Conclusions. As a result of microbiological studies for the first time were characterized morphological, cultural and physiological and biochemical properties and determined taxonomic composition by fatty acid spectra for actinobacteria isolated from the mussels of the Odessa Bay of the Black Sea.
SEX INVERSION IN CULTIVATED MUSSELS MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS LAM. (CRIMEA, BLACK SEA) UNDER INFLUENCE OF EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
