STUDIES ON MARINE MICROORGANISMS. I

ISOLATION FROM THE JAPAN SEA

Abstract

In this study, 58 samples of water and mud were collected at 19 different locations in the Japan Sea, and from these 142 strains of microorganisms were isolated. In all 126 isolates were bacteria and 16 isolates were yeast and fungi. No actinomycetes were isolated. The isolates were placed into 10 groups in accordance with SHEWAN'S scheme. A total of 35 strains (28.5%) of 123 isolates were dependent to sea water, and 25 of these strains (20.3%) showed antimicrobial activities.