An Integrative Approach to Decipher the Chemical Antagonism between the Competing Endophytes Paraconiothyrium variabile and Bacillus subtilis

J Nat Prod. 2017 Nov 22;80(11):2863-2873. doi: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.6b01185. Epub 2017 Nov 15.

Abstract

An integrative approach combining traditional natural products chemistry, molecular networking, and mass spectrometry imaging has been undertaken to decipher the molecular dialogue between the fungus Paraconiothyrium variabile and the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, which were isolated as endophytes from the conifer Cephalotaxus harringtonia and are characterized by a strong and mutual antibiosis. From this study, we highlight that bacterial surfactins and a fungal tetronic acid are involved in such competition and that the fungus is able to hydrolyze surfactins to fight against the bacterial partner.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Bacillus subtilis / chemistry*
  • Cephalotaxus / microbiology*
  • Endophytes / physiology*
  • Lipopeptides / chemistry
  • Molecular Structure
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization

Substances

  • Lipopeptides