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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 368, 期 19, 页码 -出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnab133
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photobiology; conidia; Metarhizium; ultraviolet; tolerance; dormancy
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- Conselho Nacional do Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [425998/2018-5, 307738/2018-3, 165191/2020-1]
- State of Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) [2016/11386-5]
The research found that short and timed light exposure can enhance the UV tolerance of Metarhizium and induce spores with increased photoreactivating capacity. These spores retain their tolerant characteristics even after being transferred to dark environment for many days. Mature spores of Metarhizium can still respond to light and regulate UV tolerance, suggesting that gene expression is possible even in dormant spores.
Metarhizium is an important genus of soil-inhabiting fungi that are used for the biological control of insects. The efficiency of biocontrol is dependent on the maintenance of inoculum viability under adverse field conditions such as solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Therefore, increasing the tolerance of Metarhizium to UV radiation is necessary. It was previously established that, in mycelium, exposure to visible light increases tolerance to UV radiation. Similarly, growth under visible light for 14 days induces the production of tolerant conidia. However, a study evaluating if and how visible light affects conidia and their relationship with UV radiation was never performed. Here, we report that a relatively short and timed exposure to light around the time of conidiation is sufficient to induce the production of conidia with increased photoreactivating capacity and UV tolerance in Metarhizium acridum. Conidia produced by this method retain their characteristic higher tolerance even after many days of being transferred to the dark. Furthermore, we show that mature conidia of M. acridum and Metarhizium brunneum can still answer to light and regulate UV tolerance, suggesting that gene expression is possible even in dormant spores. Being able to respond to light in the dormant stages of development is certainly an advantage conferring improved environmental persistence to Metarhizium.
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