Antimicrobial potential of<i>Chlorella</i>algae isolated from stacked waters of the Andean Region of Ecuador

Abstract

In this study, the focus will be primarily on antimicrobials extracted from Microalgae Chlorella from stacked water from three different places. The results provide dates for possible applications in the pharmaceutical industry for developing antiseptic and antimicrobial products to guarantee the health of the people. The study initially outlines the isolation of microalgae and secondly was the extraction of chlorellin as an antimicrobial metabolite. To replicate the environmental conditions which are useful for growth colonies of Chlorella it was maintained at room temperature, oscillating between 10 °C to 18 °C in Bold Basal medium enriched with NH4Cl. After that, chlorellin was extracted from aqueous supernatant and sediment with ethanol, isopropyl alcohol, and water. The results of this study show that the chlorellin extracted from Chlorella present an essential antimicrobial capacity against bacteria isolated from the hand. The antimicrobial capacity was equal with ampicillin and oxacillin to inhibit Staphylococcus spp.