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PEST MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Volume 73, Issue 3, Pages 568-574Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ps.4331
Keywords
Bacillus methylotrophicus; biological control agent; bacterial plant disease; mass spectrometry
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- Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research
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BACKGROUND: This study aims to characterise the antibacterial activity of a novel Bacillus methylotrophicus strain named 39b against tumourigenic Agrobacterium tumefaciensC58 and B6 strains. It also aims to identify the compound that is responsible for its activity and to evaluate its efficiency to control crown gall disease in tomato plants. RESULTS: B. methylotrophicus strain 39b was found to stop the growth of phytopathogenic A. tumefaciens strains in in vitro experiments. Lipopeptides-surfactins, iturins and fengycins-were detected under various isoforms by mass spectrometry analysis of the methanolic extract. The active principle acting against Agrobacterium strains was isolated from TLC plates and identified by mass spectrometry as surfactin. The strain was effective in reducing the weight and the number of galls induced by A. tumefaciens strains on tomato plants. Total inhibition of gall formation was observed using the antibacterial compounds. CONCLUSION: B. methylotrophicus strain 39b exhibited antibacterial activity against phytopathogenic A. tumefaciensC58 and B6 both in vitro and in vivo. Lipopeptides are the main compounds that confer the biocontrol ability. This strain has the potential to be developed as a biological control agent for crown gall disease. (C) 2016 Society of Chemical Industry
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