Journal
TOXINS
Volume 11, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins11110636
Keywords
Aspergillus flavus; Lactobacillus plantarum; inhibition; transcriptomics; bioinformatics; SEM; RNA-seq
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- National Key R&D Program of China [2017YFC1600903]
- National Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Program
- China Agricultural Research System
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Lactobacillus plantarum, as a natural bio-preservative, has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years. In this study, 22 L. plantarum strains were tested against the aflatoxin-producing fungus, Aspergillus flavus; strain IAMU80070 showed the highest antifungal activity. At a concentration of 5 x 10(5) colony-forming units (CFU) mL(-1), it completely inhibited A. flavus growth and decreased aflatoxin production by 93%. Furthermore, ultrastructural examination showed that IAMU80070 destroyed the cellular structure of hyphae and spores. To explore the inhibitory effect of IAMU80070 on A. flavus at the transcriptional level, transcriptome data were obtained and subjected to Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analyses. The aflatoxin biosynthetic process was the most significantly downregulated functional category, while genes implicated in the synthesis and organization of cell wall polysaccharides were upregulated. Quantitative real-time PCR results verified the credibility and reliability of the RNA sequencing data. These results provided insight into the transcriptome of A. flavus in response to the antagonistic effects of L. plantarum IAMU80070.
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