Bioactive Potential of Actinomycetes from Less Explored Ecosystems against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Other Nonmycobacterial Pathogens

Table 3

Diversity of antagonistic activity exhibited by actinomycetes isolated from rare ecosystems.

Actinomycetes active only against	Actinomycetes from different ecosystems								Total active isolates	Percentage
	Thar desert	Rubber forest	Coffee plantation	Thirukurungudi	Yercaud hills	Thottabetta	Munnar hills	Siruvani hills
M. tuberculosis	D18	K11, K38	CSA2, CSA4, CSA20	TA4, TA27	Y3, Y7, Y13, Y23, Y25	—	M2, M3	S8	16	29.62
G+ bacteria	—	—	—	—	Y1	—	—	—	1	1.85
G− bacteria	—	—	—	—	—	—	M17	—	1	1.85
Fungi	—	—	CSA9	—	—	—	—	—	1	1.85
MTB, G+ and G− bacteria, and fungi	—	—	CSA15	—	—	—	—	—	1	1.85
MTB and G+ and G− bacteria	D6, D13, D16	K3	CSA24	TA3, TA22	Y10	T2	M8	S2	11	20.37
MTB and G+ bacteria	D25	—	CSA19	TA38	Y8	T6, T7	—	S4, S5	8	14.81
MTB and G− bacteria	—	—	—	—	—	—	M7	—	1	1.85
G+ and G− bacteria	—	—	—	—	Y32	—	—	—	1	1.85
G+ and G− bacteria and fungi	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.00
MTB and fungi	—	K8	—	TA36	—	—	—	—	2	3.70
Total number of active isolates	5	4	7	6	9	3	5	4	43	79.63
No activity	—	K7, K10	CSA7, CSA8, CSA11,; CSA12, CSA18	TA34	—	—	—	S21, S26, S28	11	20.37
Total isolates	5	6	12	7	9	3	5	7	54	100