Detection of antibiotic-producing in the sediment and water of Ma'in thermal springs (Jordan).

Introduction: Detection of new is significant to discover new antibiotics because development of new antibiotics is connected to the characterization of novel bacterial taxa. This study has focused on the identification and isolation of antibiotic-producing from the sediment and the water of Ma'in thermal springs (48-59°C) situated in the center area of Jordan.

Methods: Samples of sediment and water were transferred to glucose yeast malt agar medium and were cultivated, isolated and identified according to scanning electron microscopy and 16S rRNA gene analysis.

Exploring the microbial diversity in Jordanian hot springs by comparative metagenomic analysis.

A culture-independent approach was utilized in this study to reveal the microbial diversity in Jordanian hot springs represented by Ma'in and Afra hot springs. Water samples from Ma'in and Afra hot springs were collected in June 2015. The in situ temperature of water samples range was 38-59°C and the pH range was 7.

Microbiological analysis, antimicrobial activity, and heavy-metals content of Jordanian Ma'in hot-springs water.

Ma'in hot springs are known as sites of balneotherapy. However, little is known about their microbiology and chemistry. In this study, we aim at evaluating the antimicrobial activity of Ma'in hot-springs water (MHSW), studying its microbiology, and determining its physicochemical properties including the heavy metals content.