Antibiotic Production of Pseudomonas otitidis PS and Mode of Action

An isolate capable of inhibiting the growth of gram-positive bacteria was obtained from the soil of Mushim stream, Cheongju. The isolate was identified as Pseudomonas otitidis PS by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. P. otitidis PS produced antibiotics as a secondary metabolite when cultured in 1% soybean meal with 0.5% glucose. The maximum yield was about 0.1%. The antibiotic substance of P. otitidis PS extracted using ethyl acetate displayed a minimum inhibitory concentration of $2{\mu}g/ml$ for Staphylococcus aureus KCTC 1261. The antibiotic substance produced an orange halo on chrome azurol S agar due to siderophore activity. Growth inhibition was decreased when the iron was depleted. Since the antibiotic activity was lost upon the addition of the reducing agent ascorbic acid or during anaerobic culture, it was considered that antibiotic of P. otitidis PS strain exerts its bactericidal effect by the generation of reactive oxygen species.

Pseudomonas otitidis PS 균주의 항생물질 생산과 작용 기작

Gram 양성세균의 생육을 억제하는 세균을 청주시 무심천 토양에서 분리하였으며, 16S rRNA 유전자 염기서열 분석 결과 Pseudomonas otitidis PS로 동정하였다. PS 균주는 0.5%의 glucose가 포함된 1% soybean meal 배지에서 2차 대사 산물로서 최대 약 0.1%의 수율로 항생물질을 생산하였다. 항생물질 성분은 ethyl acetate로 추출하였으며, Staphylococcus aureus KCTC 1261에 대한 minimum inhibitory concentration은 $2{\mu}g/ml$이었다. 이 성분은 siderophore 활성을 띠어서 chrome azurol S 평판배지에서 주황색 halo를 나타내었으며, 철이 제거되면 생육 억제 효과는 감소하였다. Ascorbic acid 같은 환원제를 첨가하거나 혐기적 환경에서는 항생물질 활성을 잃으므로 PS 항생물질은 활성산소를 방출하여 bactericidal activity를 갖는 것으로 보인다.