03/08/2021
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BACTERIA FROM MAYON SHOW POTENTIAL ANTIBIOTIC, ANTICANCER PROPERTIES
The Department of Science of Technology (DOST) announced Tuesday that researchers from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) have identified a bacterial species from the soils of Mt. Mayon with potential antibiotic and anti-colorectal cancer activities.
Identified as Streptomyces sp. A1-08, the specific "bacterial isolate" has shown antibiotic activity against numerous potentially pathogenic microorganisms. According to DOST, it is one of the 30 bacteria that were isolated from soil samples of Mt. Mayon in Malilipot, Albay.
“We have high hopes of getting new and novel species because this is a less explored environment, a volcano”, said Kristel Mae P. Oliveros, the project leader and an assistant professor in UPLB Microbiology Division. “We were totally surprised and excited,” she added while describing how they felt upon finding out the results of their experiments.
Once the researchers have confirmed that Streptomyces sp. A1-08 is a new species, they will name it “Streptomyces mayonensis A1-08” in honor of the Philippines.
“Future rigorous research in drug chemistry... are vital to claim that the secondary metabolites produced by our isolate is totally new and hopefully effective as a chemotherapy drug,” said Oliveros.
“This is also our dream, to put this project forward in the large-scale cosmeceutical and pharmaceutical pipeline!” the UPLB researcher added. | via DOST page
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