Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity produced by an isolate of the thermotolerant cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) Phormidium sp.

Fish, Steven Anthony and Codd, G. A. (1994) Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activity produced by an isolate of the thermotolerant cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) Phormidium sp. Biotechnology Techniques, 8 (5). pp. 351-356. ISSN 1573-6784

Abstract

Extracellular material from a thermotolerant isolate of Phormidium sp. from the Azores was chromatographed using Amberlite XAD-7 in conjunction with C18 Sep-Paks to reveal antimicrobial activity. Further examination indicated the possibility of anticancer activity, elucidated using a biochemical induction assay and the inhibition of the V79 cell line.