First Report on Marine Actinobacterial Diversity around Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS), India

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Baseline assessments of marine microbial studies are very limited around ecologically sensitive areas of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) site with respect to their occurrence, distribution, role in adaptation. Distribution and diversity of marine microbes are largely dependent on the physico-chemical parameters relating to specific area, especially spore producing marine actinobacteria are a source for different application. Marine actinobacterial diversity with conventional and 16S rRNA gene analysis was done around Madras Atomic Power Station. Totally, 60 different strains are identified in genera level and it’s belongs to 10 genera with dominant by Streptomyces sp. (8 species) Nocardiopsis (8), Microbispora (7) and Rhodococcus (5). This is the first report on marine actinobacterial diversity and the results could be act as baseline inventory in terms of microbial diversity around NPP sites.