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Culture Dependent Analysis Of Bacterial Diversity In Canada’S Raspberry Rising Cave Revealed Antimicrobial Properties, Soumya Ghosh, Gabrielle Kam, Monique Nijjer, Christian Stenner, Naowarat Cheeptham
Culture Dependent Analysis Of Bacterial Diversity In Canada’S Raspberry Rising Cave Revealed Antimicrobial Properties, Soumya Ghosh, Gabrielle Kam, Monique Nijjer, Christian Stenner, Naowarat Cheeptham
International Journal of Speleology
Bacteria and archaea thrive in terrestrial subsurface environments because of their unique physiology. Over time, these unique microorganisms may have adapted to possess specialized metabolic pathways that sustain their continued existence in caves, one of harshest environments on earth. The present study elucidates cultivation based microbial diversity of the cave sediments and wall scrapings collected from seven different locations in Raspberry Rising Cave located in the Columbia Mountain Range, British Columbia, Canada. A total of 103 cultivable bacteria from the cave were isolated on various agar media including R2A, Hickey-Tresner, and DifcoTM Actinomycetes Isolation agar media. Taxonomical phylogenetic analysis …