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FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.682437
Keywords
wheat take-all; Bacillus subtilis; fengycin; iturin A; soil microbial diversity
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- Hebei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [C2019204210]
- Hebei Provincial Key Research and Development Project of China [20326509D]
- Local Science and Technology Development Fund Projects of Hebei Province Guided by the Central Government [206Z6502G]
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This study demonstrated that fengycin and iturin A purified from Bacillus subtilis Z-14 showed strong antifungal effects against Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt), the pathogen causing wheat take-all disease. In biocontrol tests, both fengycin and iturin A effectively controlled the disease, with fengycin treatment significantly affecting soil bacterial diversity after 7 days. Additionally, the two compounds led to changes in the relative abundance of other fungal genera in the soil.
Bacillus subtilis Z-14 can inhibit phytopathogenic fungi, and is used as a biocontrol agent for wheat take-all disease. The present study used the soil-borne fungus Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt), which causes wheat take-all disease, and the soil microbial community as indicators, and investigated the antifungal effects of fengycin and iturin A purified from strain Z-14 using high performance liquid chromatography and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry, respectively. The results showed that fengycin destroyed the internal structure of Ggt cells by digesting the cytoplasm and organelles, forming vacuoles, and inducing hyphal shrinkage and distortion. Iturin A induced cell wall disappearance, membrane degeneration, intracellular material shrinkage, and hyphal fragmentation. A biocontrol test demonstrated a 100% control effect on wheat take-all when wheat seedlings were treated with fengycin at 100 mu g/ml or iturin A at 500 mu g/ml. Iturin A and fengycin both reduced the relative abundance of Aspergillus and Gibberella. At the genus level, iturin A reduced the relative abundance of Mortierella and Myrothecium, while fengycin reduced that of Fusarium. Only fengycin treatment for 7 days had a significant effect on soil bacterial diversity.
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