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The selection of a suitable growth regime can increase the physiological performance of microalgae and improve bioprocess based on these microorganisms from agro-industrial residues. Thus, this study assessed the biotechnology capacity—biomass production, biochemical composition, and nutrient uptake—from tequila vinasses (TVs) as the nutrient source of three indigenous microalgae—Chlorella sp., Scenedesmus sp., and Chlamydomonas sp.—cultured under heterotrophic and mixotrophic conditions. The results demonstrated that under the mixotrophic regime, the three microalgae evaluated reached the highest nitrogen uptake, biomass production, and cell compound accumulation. Under this condition, Chlorella sp. and Scenedesmus sp. showed the highest nutrient uptake and biomass production, 1.7 ± 0.3 and 1.9 ± 0.3 g L−1, respectively; however, the biochemical composition, mainly carbohydrates and proteins, varied depending on the microalgal strain and its growth regime. Overall, our results demonstrated the biotechnological capacity of native microalgae from TVs, which may vary not only depending on the microalgal strain but also the culture strategy implemented and the characteristics of the residue used, highlighting—from a perspective of circular bio-economy—the feasibility of implementing microalgal bioprocess to reuse and valorize the nutrimental composition of TVs through biomass and high-valuable metabolite production, depicting a sustainable strategy for tequila agro-industry in Mexico.

The worldwide use of plant biostimulants (PBs) represents an environmentally friendly tool to increase crop yield and productivity. PBs include different substances, compounds, and growth-promoting microorganism formulations, such as those derived from arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) or seaweed extracts (SEs), which are used to regulate or enhance physiological processes in plants. This study analyzed the physiological, ecological, and biochemical implications of the addition of two PBs, AMF or SE (both alone and in combination), on tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv. “Rio Fuego”). The physiological responses evaluated were related to plant growth and photosynthetic performance. The ecological benefits were assessed based on the success of AMF colonization, flowering, resistance capacity, nonphotochemical quenching (NPQ), and polyphenol content. Biochemical effects were evaluated via protein, lipid, carbohydrate, nitrogen, and phosphorous content. Each PB was found to benefit tomato plants in a different but complementary manner. AMF resulted in an energetically expensive (high ETRMAX but low growth) but protective (high NPQ and polyphenol content) response. AMF + nutritive solution (NS) induced early floration but resulted in low protein, carbohydrate, and lipid content. Both AMF and AMF + NS favored foliar instead of root development. In contrast, SE and SE + NS favored protein content and root development and did not promote flowering. However, the combination of both PBs (AMF + SE) resulted in an additive effect, reflected in an increase in both foliar and root growth as well as protein and carbohydrate content. Moreover, a synergistic effect was also found, which was expressed in accelerated flowering and AMF colonization. We present evidence of benefits to plant performance (additive and synergistic) due to the interactive effects between microbial (AMF) and nonmicrobial (SEs) PBs and propose that the complementary modes of action of both PBs may be responsible for the observed positive effects due to the new and emerging properties of their components instead of exclusively being the result of known constituents. These results will be an important contribution to biostimulant research and to the development of a second generation of PBs in which combined and complementary mechanisms may be functionally designed.

The marine actinobacterium AMS370, identified as Salinispora arenicola by 16S rRNA amplified gene comparison, was isolated from sediments of the Gulf of California, Mexico. From its semi-polar extract, 8 known compounds were isolated: 4-Hydroxy-phenyl acetic acid (1), 5-Methyl-2-methylene-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrimidin-4-one (2), 1H-Pyrimidine-2,4-dione (3), 3-amino-5-hydroxy-benzoic acid (4), 2-(4-Amino-imidazol-[4,5-d]pyridazin-1-yl)-5-hydroxymethyl-4-methyl-tetrahydro-furan-3-ol (5), 3-(4-Hydroxy-phenyl)-acrylic acid methyl ester (6), 3-Benzyl-6-isobutyl-piperazine-2,5-dione (7) and 5,8-epidioxy-(22E,24R)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3-ol (Ergosterol peroxide) (8). The chemical identification was performed by comparison of their NMR spectra against the NMR spectra of the original compounds. This is the first time that compound 4 is reported as a natural product obtained from the Salinispora genus. The crude extract and all the fractions obtained were tested for antibiotic activity against Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella sp. and antifungic activity against Candida albicans. Also, breast cancer (MCF-7), cervical cancer (HeLa) and colorectal cancer cell lines (HCT-116) were tested to determine their cytotoxic activity. Only the semi-polar crude extract and its fractions 5.1 and 5.2 were active against Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus. La actinobacteria marina AMS370, identificada mediante comparación de las secuencias del gen 16S del ARNr como Salinispora arenicola, fue aislada a partir de sedimento del Golfo de California, México. De su extracto semi-polar, se aislaron 8 compuestos conocidos: ácido-4-Hidroxi-fenil acético (1), 5-Metil-2-metilen-2,3-dihidro-1H-pirimidin-4-ona (2), 1H-Pirimidin-2,4-diona (3), ácido-3-amino-5-hidroxi-benzoico (4), 2-(4-Amino-imidazol-[4,5-d]piridazin-1-il)-5-hidroximetil-4-metil-tetrahidro -furan-3-ol (5), Acrilato de 3-(4-Hidroxi-genil)-metilo (6), 3-Bencil-6-isobutil-piperazin-2,5-diona (7) y 5,8-epidioxi-(22E,24R)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3-ol (Peróxido de Ergosterol) (8). La identificación química fue realizada mediante comparación de sus espectros de RMN con los espectros de los compuestos originales. Ésta sería la primera ocasión que el compuesto 4 se reporta como un producto natural a partir del género Salinispora. El extracto crudo y todas sus fracciones fueron ensayadas contra Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella sp. y Candida albicans para probar su actividad antibiótica y antifúngica en el caso de la última especie. Asimismo se evaluó su actividad citotóxica frente a las líneas celulares de cáncer de mama (MCF-7), cervicouterino (HeLa) y colorectal (HCT-116). Solamente el extracto crudo semipolar y las fracciones 5.1 y 5.2 resultaron activas contra Klebsiella pneumoniae y Staphylococcus aureus.

Las actinobacterias son productoras de una gran variedad de compuestos utilizados actualmente como antibioticos y anticancerigenos. En este trabajo se evaluo el potencial del golfo de California como fuente de cepas de actinobacterias bioactivas. En total, se aislaron 235 cepas de actinobacterias de los sedimentos de bahia Concepcion y bahia de los Angeles, (Mexico). Con base en su morfologia, requerimiento de agua de mar para su crecimiento y secuenciacion del gen 16S del ARNr, las cepas se clasificaron como Streptomyces, Micromonospora y Salinispora. Mediante la tecnica de extraccion liquido-liquido con acetato de etilo como disolvente, se obtuvieron 69 extractos organicos y acuosos; 17 mostraron actividad citotoxica contra las lineas celulares de cancer de mama (MCF7) y cervix (HeLa). Los valores maximos de actividad, expresados como porcentaje de supervivencia, fueron de 20-25% contra MCF7 (cepas S-365, S-355 y S-361) y de 24-25% contra HeLa (cepas S-165, S-361 y S-353). Tres extractos en su fraccion acuosa mostraron actividad antibiotica contra Staphylococcus aureus, que es resistente a la meticilina, con valores de actividad de 3% y 6% (cepas S-370 y S-369, respectivamente). Con base en el analisis de cromatografia liquida con detector de masas, se encontraron pesos moleculares de compuestos previamente documentados para especies terrestres del genero Micromonospora; sin embargo, no se identificaron los pesos moleculares de metabolitos especificos previamente documentados para las cepas del genero Salinispora. La bioactividad observada en este trabajo ofrece la oportunidad de un estudio quimico posterior para definir los metabolitos responsables de la actividad a fin de contribuir con el descubrimiento de nuevos farmacos y ubicar al golfo de California como una fuente potencial de cepas de actinobacterias productoras de compuestos bioactivos de importancia para la salud humana

[EN] The marine actinobacterium AMS370, identified as Salinispora arenicola by 16S rRNA amplified gene comparison, was isolated from sediments of the Gulf of California, Mexico. From its semi-polar extract, 8 known compounds were isolated: 4-Hydroxy-phenyl acetic acid (1), 5-Methyl-2-methylene-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrimidin-4-one (2), 1H-Pyrimidine-2,4-dione (3), 3-amino-5-hydroxy-benzoic acid (4), 2-(4-Amino-imidazol-[4,5-d]pyridazin-1-yl)-5-hydroxymethyl-4-methyl-tetrahydro-furan-3-ol (5), 3-(4-Hydroxy-phenyl)-acrylic acid methyl ester (6), 3-Benzyl-6-isobutyl-piperazine-2,5-dione (7) and 5,8-epidioxy-(22E,24R)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3-ol (Ergosterol peroxide) (8). The chemical identification was performed by comparison of their NMR spectra against the NMR spectra of the original compounds. This is the first time that compound 4 is reported as a natural product obtained from the Salinispora genus. The crude extract and all the fractions obtained were tested for antibiotic activity against Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella sp. and antifungic activity against Candida albicans. Also, breast cancer (MCF-7), cervical cancer (HeLa) and colorectal cancer cell lines (HCT-116) were tested to determine their cytotoxic activity. Only the semi-polar crude extract and its fractions 5.1 and 5.2 were active against Klebsiella pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus., [ES] La actinobacteria marina AMS370, identificada mediante comparación de las secuencias del gen 16S del ARNr como Salinispora arenicola, fue aislada a partir de sedimento del Golfo de California, México. De su extracto semi-polar, se aislaron 8 compuestos conocidos: ácido-4-Hidroxi-fenil acético (1), 5-Metil-2-metilen-2,3-dihidro-1H-pirimidin-4-ona (2), 1H-Pirimidin-2,4-diona (3), ácido-3-amino-5-hidroxi-benzoico (4), 2-(4-Amino-imidazol-[4,5-d]piridazin-1-il)-5-hidroximetil-4-metil-tetrahidro -furan-3-ol (5), Acrilato de 3-(4-Hidroxi-genil)-metilo (6), 3-Bencil-6-isobutil-piperazin-2,5-diona (7) y 5,8-epidioxi-(22E,24R)-ergosta-6,22-dien-3-ol (Peróxido de Ergosterol) (8). La identificación química fue realizada mediante comparación de sus espectros de RMN con los espectros de los compuestos originales. Ésta sería la primera ocasión que el compuesto 4 se reporta como un producto natural a partir del género Salinispora. El extracto crudo y todas sus fracciones fueron ensayadas contra Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella sp. y Candida albicans para probar su actividad antibiótica y antifúngica en el caso de la última especie. Asimismo se evaluó su actividad citotóxica frente a las líneas celulares de cáncer de mama (MCF-7), cervicouterino (HeLa) y colorectal (HCT-116). Solamente el extracto crudo semipolar y las fracciones 5.1 y 5.2 resultaron activas contra Klebsiella pneumoniae y Staphylococcus aureus., We thank the financial support provided by the UABC through the XV Internal Assembly, and the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (México) 2011 Basic Science Grant No. 168484 and by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (SAF2009-08039; SAF2010-16858). We also thank the CONACYT for the pre-doctorate fellowship given to FCM (No. 206455) and to AMIM (No. 252250).

"Production of bioactive compounds is intimately linked to the ecology of the producing organisms. Taking this into account, the objective of this study was to evaluate the bioactive properties of isolated Actinobacteria from sea sediments of a high biodiversity zone; under the hypothesis that the ecological characteristics of this site stimulate the presence of unique and bioactive strains that can be screened for new compounds with antibiotic and anticancer properties. The elected zone was the Loreto Bay National Park in the Gulf of California Mexico, a protected natural area, with high diversity of flora and fauna. The bioactive properties of strains from this area were different to that reported elsewhere. The cytotoxic activity tested by in vitro assays was present in 40% of the tested strains and antibacterial activity in 71% of all evaluated strains. This percentage of active strains resulted unusually high when it was compared to similar studies from other regions of the world. This supports the hypothesis of the influence of ecological characteristics of the area of study on the presence of unique and bioactive Actinobacteria. Thereby, the Actinobacteria community found in Loreto Bay, in the Gulf of California, which presented unusual bioactive properties, represents a potential source for obtaining novel compounds with antibacterial and anticancer activity."

The Gulf of California is a coastal marine ecosystem characterized as having abundant biological resources and a high level of endemism. In this work we report the isolation and characterization of Actinobacteria from different sites in the western Gulf of California. We collected 126 sediment samples and isolated on average 3.1–38.3 Actinobacterial strains from each sample. Phylogenetic analysis of 136 strains identified them as members of the genera Actinomadura, Micromonospora, Nocardiopsis, Nonomuraea, Saccharomonospora, Salinispora, Streptomyces and Verrucosispora. These strains were grouped into 26–56 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) based on 16S rRNA gene sequence identities of 98–100 %. At 98 % sequence identity, three OTUs appear to represent new taxa while nine (35 %) have only been reported from marine environments. Sixty-three strains required seawater for growth. These fell into two OTUs at the 98 % identity level and include one that failed to produce aerial hyphae and was only distantly related (≤95.5 % 16S identity) to any previously cultured Streptomyces sp. Phylogenetic analyses of ketosynthase domains associated with polyketide synthase genes revealed sequences that ranged from 55 to 99 % nucleotide identity to experimentally characterized biosynthetic pathways suggesting that some may be associated with the production of new secondary metabolites. These results indicate that marine sediments from the Gulf of California harbor diverse Actinobacterial taxa with the potential to produce new secondary metabolites.

The bioactivity of culturable Actinobacteria from marine sediment of the Todos Santos Bay, Mexico was studied, and bacteria were identified by 16S rRNA gene sequences. The strains were cultured in 1 L of culture media A1 and tested for the effects of seawater on growth. The organic components of cultures were extracted with XAD-7 amberlite and eluted with acetone. The extracts were separated by flash chromatography on C-18 silica gel. The crude extracts and the fractions were tested against colorectal cancer cells HCT-116. In total, twenty six strains were cultured and identified, divided into ten operational taxonomic units (OTUs) with 100% sequence identity, representing 3 families in the order Actinomycetales, belonging to the genus Streptomyces (77%), Micromonospora (20%) and Nocardia (3%); six of those OTUs had not been reported before. Nineteen percent of the crude extracts of the Streptomyces genus showed cytotoxic activity in a range of IC50 of 69.0 to ≤ 0.076 mg·-1. The most active fractions contained compounds identified by their molecular weight and fragmentation patterns as monactin and pamamycin derivatives. Se realizó el estudio de la bioactividad de las Actinobacterias cultivables a partir de sedimento marino de la Bahía de Todos Santos, México, y se identificaron mediante las secuencias del gen 16S ARNr. Las cepas bacterianas fueron cultivadas en 1 L de medio líquido A1 y se constató su crecimiento en presencia de agua de mar. Los extractos orgánicos de los cultivos se extrajeron con Amberlita XAD-7 eluida con acetona. Los extractos fueron separados por cromatografía en gel de sílice C-18. Los extractos crudos y las fracciones se probaron contra células de cáncer de colon HCT-116. En total, 26 cepas fueron cultivadas e identificadas, divididas en 10 unidades taxonómicas operacionales (UTOs) con 100% de identidad de sus secuencias, representando tres familias del orden Actinomycetales, pertenecientes a los géneros Streptomyces (77%), Micromonospora (20%) y Nocardia (3%); 6 de éstos UTOs no habían sido reportados previamente. Diecinueve por ciento de los extractos crudos del género Streptomyces mostraron actividad citotóxica en un rango de IC50 de 69,0 a ≤ 0,076 mg·-1. Las fracciones más activas contenían los compuestos monactin y derivados de pamamicina, los cuales fueron identificados por su peso molecular y sus patrones de fragmentación.

Se realizo el estudio de la bioactividad de las Actinobacterias cultivables a partir de sedimento marino de la Bahia de Todos Santos, Mexico, y se identificaron mediante las secuencias del gen 16S ARNr. Las cepas bacterianas fueron cultivadas en 1 L de medio liquido A1 y se constato su crecimiento en presencia de agua de mar. Los extractos organicos de los cultivos se extrajeron con Amberlita XAD-7 eluida con acetona. Los extractos fueron separados por cromatografia en gel de silice C-18. Los extractos crudos y las fracciones se probaron contra celulas de cancer de colon HCT-116. En total, 26 cepas fueron cultivadas e identificadas, divididas en 10 unidades taxonomicas operacionales (UTOs) con 100% de identidad de sus secuencias, representando tres familias del orden Actinomycetales, pertenecientes a los generos Streptomyces (77%), Micromonospora (20%) y Nocardia (3%); 6 de estos UTOs no habian sido reportados previamente. Diecinueve por ciento de los extractos crudos del genero Streptomyces mostraron actividad citotoxica en un rango de IC50 de 69,0 a ≤ 0,076 mg·-1. Las fracciones mas activas contenian los compuestos monactin y derivados de pamamicina, los cuales fueron identificados por su peso molecular y sus patrones de fragmentacion.