Isolation and evaluation of endophytic Bacillus tequilensis GYLH001 with potential application for biological control of Magnaporthe oryzae

PLoS One. 2018 Oct 31;13(10):e0203505. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203505. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Biological control is a promising measure in the control of plant disease. In the present study, we isolated 13 endophytic strains from Angelica dahurica. Among them, an endophytic strain which was named GYLH001 exhibited remarkable activity against Magnaporthe oryzae. 16S rRNA sequence analysis, biochemical and physiological proved that it is Bacillus tequilensis. The sterilized culture filtrate of GYLH001 can inhibit the growth of M.oryzae, which suggests the presence of secondary metabolites. Proved by experiment, GYLH001 can produce cellulase, protease, gelatinase, indole-3-acetic acid and 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase. In addition, the temperature experiment showed that secondary metabolites produced by GYLH001 had good thermal stability. They can remain activity even heated at 100°C for 30 min. They also had good acid-resistance in heavily acidic condition. But under alkaline condition, the antifungal effect decreased significantly. By simulative field tests, the spraying of GYLH001 spore solution could prevent and treat rice blast. Through continuous separation and purification of sterilized culture filtrate and identification by mass spectrometry, the molecular weight of an active substance is 364.26. In the control of rice blast, B. tequilensis GYLH001 has potential as a biological control agent in agriculture.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Angelica / genetics*
  • Angelica / microbiology
  • Bacillus / genetics*
  • Bacillus / physiology
  • Biological Control Agents*
  • Disease Resistance / genetics*
  • Endophytes / genetics
  • Magnaporthe / pathogenicity
  • Oryza / genetics
  • Oryza / microbiology
  • Plant Diseases / genetics*
  • Plant Diseases / microbiology
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics

Substances

  • Biological Control Agents
  • RNA, Ribosomal, 16S

Grants and funding

The work in our lab was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 31271802). The funder had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.