Publications by authors named "El Hadj Driche"

The proliferation of multidrug-resistant and biofilm-forming pathogenic bacteria poses a serious threat to public health. The limited effectiveness of current antibiotics motivates the search for new antibacterial compounds. In this study, a novel strain, RG-5, was isolated from desert soil.

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Introduction: The emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria and biofilms requires discovering new antimicrobial agents from unexplored environments.

Objectives: This study aims to isolate and characterize a new actinobacterial strain from the Hoggar Mountains in southern Algeria and evaluate its ability to produce bioactive molecules with potential antibacterial and antibiofilm activities.

Methods: A novel halotolerant actinobacterial strain, designated HG-17, was isolated from the Hoggar Mountains, and identified based on phenotypic characterizations, 16S rDNA sequence analysis, and phylogenetic analysis.

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The increasing global public health concern of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) necessitates exploration of natural antimicrobial agents as potential alternatives. This study aimed to investigate antimicrobial activities of Saharan actinomycetes, with specific focus on the strain AC31, that holds promising potential as an alternative to combat AMR. In this context, 32 actinomycetes were isolated from El Atteuf (Ghardaïa), Algeria.

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Multi-resistant bacterial pathogens are a major public health problem for treating nosocomial infections owing to their high resistance to antibiotics. The objective of this research was to characterize the bioactive molecules secreted by a novel moderately halophilic actinobacterium strain, designated GSB-11, exhibiting a strong antagonistic activity against several multidrug-resistant pathogenic bacteria. This potential strain was identified by phenotypic, genotypic (16S rRNA), and phylogenetic analyses.

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A novel actinobacterium strain, named AT37, showed a strong activity against some multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant S. aureus MRSA ATCC 43300, other clinical isolates of MRSA and vancomycin resistant S. aureus VRSA S1.

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