• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.161-165
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• 2007

Cultivation of a biocontrol agent on a certain medium often results in reduced biocontrol efficacy and alters physiological state. In our previous study, Burkholderia gladioli strain B543 with long-term subculture on tryptic soy agar resulted in significantly reduced biocontrol ability against cucumber damping-off caused by P. ultimum. Therefore, we investigated the influence of laboratory culturing media on biocontrol activity and physiological state of Burkholderia gladioli strain B543 by using long-term repeated culture on a certain medium. When isolate B543 were successionally cultured on King's B agar (KBA), tryptic soy agar, nutrient agar (NA), or soil extract agar more than 20 times, the isolate cultured on KBA or NA showed a significantly enhanced biocontrol efficacy and higher population density in the rhizosphere of cucumber compared to that of the others. However, the isolates cultured on KBA more than 20 times showed the lowest production of protease, siderophore, or antifungal substance(s), measured by skim milk agar, Chrome-Azurol-S agar, and potato dextrose agar amended with 10% of the culture filtrate, respectively. Our results suggest that adaptation to proper culturing medium can alter biocontrol ability and physiological state, and we must consider laboratory media in optimizing the use of biocontrol agents.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.105-113
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• 2019

Although siderophore compounds are mainly biosynthesized as a response to iron deficiency in the environment, they also bind with other metals. A few studies have been conducted on the impact of heavy metals on the siderophore-mediated iron uptake by microbiome. Here, we investigated siderophore production by a variety of rhizosphere fungi under different concentrations of $Zn^{2+}$ ion. These strains were specifically isolated from the rhizosphere of Panax ginseng (Korean ginseng). The siderophore production of isolated fungi was investigated with chrome azurol S (CAS) assay liquid media amended with different concentrations of $Zn^{2+}$ (50 to $250{\mu}g/ml$). The percentage of siderophore units was quantified using the ultra-violet (UV) irradiation method. The results indicated that high concentrations of $Zn^{2+}$ ion increase the production of siderophore in iron-limited cultures. Maximum siderophore production by the fungal strains was detected at $Zn^{2+}$ ion concentration of $150{\mu}g/ml$ except for Mortierella sp., which had the highest siderophore production at $200{\mu}g/ml$. One potent siderophore-producing strain (Penicillium sp. JJHO) was strongly influenced by the presence of $Zn^{2+}$ ions and showed high identity to P. commune (100% using 18S-rRNA sequencing). The purified siderophores of the Penicillium sp. JJHO strain were chemically identified using UV, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer (MALDI-TOF-MS) spectra.

• 대한미생물학회지
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.461-470
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• 1999

Growth under conditions of iron-restriction and the production of siderophore was examined in Vibrio mimicus ATCC 33653. This strain grew and multiplied in the presence of the high-affinity iron chelators ethylenediamine-di (o-hydroxyphenylacetic acid). Chrome azurol S (CAS) agar and solution were used to detect the production of siderophore under these condition. Siderophore could be detected in the iron-restricted culture supernatants. The siderophore was extracted from iron-restricted culture supernatants by phenol-chloroform-ether method and purified by Dowex ion-exchange and Sephadex G-25 gel filtracton chromatography. The purified siderophore was confirmed by paper chromatography and HPLC. The Purified siderophore enhanced the growth of V. mimicus when the bacterium was grown in iron limited medium. Injection of both the siderohore and the bacteria to mice resulted in more rapid death than that of the only bacteria. However, the siderophore did not show lethality to mice and any toxicity to cell line like HeLa and U937.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.652-655
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• 2013

Diverse p-terphenyl compounds, named curtisians, have been isolated from the fungus Paxillus curtisii, and degradation of wood by this fungus is thought to be progressed by iron chelation of p-terphenyl curtisians. In this study, the iron chelation ability of p-terphenyls has been proved by chrome azurol S (CAS) assay, reducing power, and UV-visible spectroscopic analyses. The catechol moiety of p-terphenyl is an essential factor for the potent iron chelation ability, and thus deacylated curtisian with a tetrahydroxyl moiety in the central ring of p-terphenyl is more effective than acylated curtisians.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.415-421
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• 2003

A bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens 2112, that is antagonistic against a red-pepper blight-causing fungus, Phytophthora capsici, was isolated from the local soil of Gyongju, Korea. This strain formed an orange-colored clear halo zone on chrome azurol S (CAS) blue agar, suggesting the production of a siderophore in addition to an antifungal antibiotic. The optimal culture conditions for siderophore production by P. fluorescens 2112 were 30-h cultivation at $25^{\circ}C$ and pH 6.5 in King's B medium. The presence of $20{\mu}g/ml\;of\;Fe^3+$ ion or EDDHA promoted the production of siderophore in King's B medium. The siderophore was purified from culture broth by CM-Sephadex C-25 and Sephadex G-25 column chromatographies. The UV spectra of the purified siderophore was the same as that of pyoverdins or pseudobactins. The molecular mass was 1,958 Da determined by FAB-rlass spectrometer, and the amino acid composition analysis showed that the purified siderophore consisted of glycine/threonine/serine/glutamic acid/alanine/lysine with the molar ratio of 3:2:1:1:1:1, DL-Threo-${\beta}$-hydroxyaspartic acid and $N^{\delta}$-hydroxyornithine, two of the essential constituents of pyoverdin, were also found. The purified siderophore pyoverdin showed strong in vitro and in vivo antagonistic activities against phytophthora blight-causing P. capsici. Especially in an in vivo pot test, the siderophore protected red-pepper Capsicum annum L. very well from the attack of P. capsici. These results indicated that the purified siderophore of P. fluorescens 2112 played a critical role in the biocontrol of the red-pepper blight disease, equivalent to treatment by P.fluorescens 2112 cells.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.174-179
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• 2001

The plant growth-promoting Pseudomonas strains, WR8-3 (Pseudomonas fluorescens), WR9-11 (Pseudomonas sp.) and WR9-16 (P.putida), which induced resistance systematically in watermelon to gummy stem rot were investigated on their induced systemic resistance(ISR)-related characteristics. The pyoverdine production was repressed in the standard succinate medium by increasing the concentration of $\textrm{FeCL}_3$. But the iron-binding ability on chrome azurol S agar media (CAS) was observed only in the strains, WR8-3 and WR9-16. When the two strains were mutated, the resulting iron-binding siderophore-negative mutants, WR8-3m and WR 9-16m, failed to promote the growth of watermelon and to induce resistance. The strains, WR8-3 and WR 9-16, slightly inhibited the growth of Didymella bryoniae at a low concentration of $\textrm{FeCL}_3$ on Kong's medium B, but not to exert control dffect. The strain WR9-11 showed antagonism in the concentration of $\textrm{FeCL}_3$ from 0 to $1,000\mu\textrm{M}$. When the crude lipoplysaccharide of each strain was treated in the rhizosphere of watermelon, mean lesion area was similar to that of the untreated control. The strains, WR9-11 and WR9-16 produced some level of hydrogen cyanide (HCN). Salicylic acid production was not detected in all of the strains.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.425-436
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• 2019

Botrytis cinerea, a major phytopathogenic fungus, has been reported to infect more than 200 crop species worldwide, and it causes massive losses in yield. The aim of this study was to evaluate the inhibitory abilities and effects of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens RS-25, Bacillus licheniformis MG-4, Bacillus subtilis Z-14, and Bacillus subtilis Pnf-4 and their culture filtrates and extracts against the gray mold caused by B. cinerea on postharvest tomato, strawberry, and grapefruit. The results revealed that the cells of Z-14, culture filtrate of RS-25, and cells of Z-14 showed the strongest biocontrol activity against the gray mold on the strawberry, grape, and tomato fruit, respectively. All the strains produced volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and the VOCs of Pnf-4 displayed the highest inhibition values. Based on headspace solid-phase microextraction in combination with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, esters accounted for the largest percentage of the VOCs produced by RS-25, MG-4, Z-14, and Pnf-4 (36.80%, 29.58%, 30.78%, and 36.26%, respectively). All the strains showed potent cellulase and protease activities, but no chitinase activity. RS-25, Z-14, and MG-4, but not Pnf-4, grew on chrome azurol S agar, and an orange halo was formed around the colonies. All the strains showed biofilm formation, fruit colonization, and lipopeptide production, which may be the main modes of action of the antagonists against B. cinerea on the fruit. This study provides the basis for developing natural biocontrol agents against the gray mold caused by B. cinerea on postharvest fruit.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2007

작물의 생육촉진과 식물 진균병의 생물방제능 효과를 동시에 나타내는 다기능 유기농업용 미생물제제를 개발하고자 경북지역 저병해 경작지 토양으로부터 옥신생산성 균주들을 분리하였다. 그 중 auxin, siderophore, 그리고 항진균성 cellulase를 동시에 생산하는 K11 균주를 선발하였으며, 선발된 K11 균주는 형태 및 생화학적 test 후 Biolog사의 동정시스템(Microlog$^{TM}$ 4.0)과 16s rDNA 상동성을 조사한 결과 Bacillus licheniformis로 동정되었으며, 이를 Bacillus licheniformis K11로 명명하였다. B. licheniformis K11은 고추역병의 원인균인 Phytophthora capsici에 대하여 in vitro 상에서 63%의 길항능을 보였으며, in vivo pot test에서도 뛰어난 방제능을 나타내었다. 또한 B. licheniformis K11의 배양액을 10ml/l로 처리한 녹두발근생검법에서 시판중인 IAA(0.1 mg/l)보다 발근율이 15% 증가됨을 확인 할 수 있었다. 또한 배추, 완두, 녹두를 대상으로 B. licheniformis K11에 의한 식물 생장촉진을 조사한 결과 녹두, 완두 그리고 배추의 뿌리 생육을 각각 160, 150, 130% 증가시켰다. 상기 연구 결과들로 미루어 볼 때 다기능 생물방제균인 B. licheniformis K11을 경작지에 관주하거나 적합한 미생물제제로 제제화한다면 토양전염성 질병의 방제와 함께 옥신 생산성에 의한 작물생육의 촉진으로 수확시기를 조기화 함으로 농가에 수익 증대 효과를 줄 수 있을 것이므로 친환경 농업용 미생물제제로 개발 가능성이 있음을 확인 할 수 있었다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.295-301
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• 2010

마늘병원균에 대한 토착길항미생물 선발을 위하여 경북 영천시 신덕리 및 구계리 일대 16개소의 토양 시료로부터 160균주의 세균들을 분리하였다. 이들 분리된 세균 중 마늘 잎집썩음병의 원인균인 P. marginalis와 마른썩음병의 원인균인 F. oxysporum에 대하여 길항능이 매우 뛰어난 3종의 토착길항세균을 선발하였다. 선발 균주들을 16s rDNA sequencing과 Bergey's manual을 이용한 방법에 의해 동정한 결과 B. subtilis YC82, B. vallismortis YC84, B. amyloliquefaciens YC240 균주들로 동정할 수 있었다. 선발된 3종의 토착길항세균들은 항세균 및 항진균 길항기작인 siderophore, ${\beta}$-glucanse, chitinase, 항생물질 생산능을 가진 균주들이었으며, 식물의 생장촉진에 도움이 되는 인산가용 화능과 식물생장촉진호르몬인 옥신 및 지베렐린을 생산하는 균주들로 확인되었다. 또한, 3종의 토착길항세균들은 in vivo 포트실험을 통해 잎집썩음병원균인 P. marginalis 에 대한 방제율이 70% 이상이고 동시에 생장촉진능도 있다는 것을 검증하였다. 그리고 마른썩음병원균인 F. oxysporum에 대한 방제율도 B. subtilis YC82와 B. amyloliquefaciens Y240의 경우 60%, B. vallismortis YC84는 80% 이상으로 나타났다. 또한, 발아촉진능에서는 선발된 토착길항세균의 처리구가 무처리구에 비하여 20% 이상 향상된 우수한 발아촉진능을 나타내었으며, 생장촉진능 역시 초장 길이의 차이에서 B. subtilis YC82는 평균 $49{\pm}1.53\;mm$, B. vallismortis YC84 는 평균 $47{\pm}1.15\;mm$, B. amyloliquefaciens YC240에서는 평균 $80{\pm}1.21\;mm$로 무처리구의 평균 $39{\pm}1.51\;mm$ 보다 매우 우수하였다. 이와 같은 결과는 선발된 마늘잎집썩음병 및 마른썩음병 방제용 토착길항세균은 마늘병원균 방제능과 동시에 생장촉진능을 가지는 다기능 토착길항세균으로 향후 추가적인 현장적용시험을 통하여 병방제능 및 생장촉진능 검증이 이루어 진다면 마늘병해방제 및 생장촉진용 미생물제제 개발이 가능할 것이라 생각된다.