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Title: Reveromycins A and B from Streptomyces sp. 3–10: Antifungal activity against plant pathogenic fungi in vitro and in a strawberry food model system

Author
item LYU, ANG - Huazhong Agricultural University
item LIU, HAO - Huazhong Agricultural University
item CHE, HONGJIE - Huazhong Agricultural University
item YANG, LONG - Huazhong Agricultural University
item ZHANG, JING - Huazhong Agricultural University
item WU, MINGDE - Huazhong Agricultural University
item Chen, Weidong
item LI, GUOQING - Huazhong Agricultural University

Submitted to: Frontiers in Microbiology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/16/2017
Publication Date: 4/3/2017
Citation: Lyu, A., Liu, H., Che, H., Yang, L., Zhang, J., Wu, M., Chen, W., Li, G. 2017. Reveromycins A and B from Streptomyces sp. 3–10: Antifungal activity against plant pathogenic fungi in vitro and in a strawberry food model system. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8:550.

Interpretive Summary: Biological control using antagonistic microorganisms is an important component of integrated disease management and an alternative in organic production. Complete understanding of the biocontrol mechanisms is necessary for more practical applications. Streptomyces yanglinensis strain 3-10 is a biocontrol agent that showed promise in controlling diseases caused by a number of fungal pathogens including Botrytis cinerea and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. This study was aimed at understanding the antifungal metabolites produced by strain 3-10. Cultural filtrates of strain 3-10 effectively suppressed growth and reproduction of 22 fungal and Oomycete pathogens, suggesting its broad spectrum of antifungal activity, and effectively controlled strawberry fruit rot caused by four pathogens including B. cinerea and S. sclerotiorum. Two antifungal compounds were identified in the cultural filtrate. They are reveromycins A and B, which were effective in suppressing the tested pathogens. The finding is important for further exploitation of reveromycins for agricultural use.

Technical Abstract: This study was conducted to determine the antifungal activity of the metabolites from Streptomyces sp. 3–10, and to purify and identify the metabolites. Meanwhile, the taxonomic status of strain 3–10 was re-evaluated. The cultural filtrates of strain 3–10 in potato dextrose broth were extracted with ethyl acetate. The resulting crude extract at 1 and 5 µg/ml inhibited growth of 22 species in 18 genera of plant pathogenic fungi and Oomycetes, accounting for 92% of the total 24 tested species, suggesting that it has a wide antifungal spectrum. Two compounds were purified from the crude extract and were identified as reveromycins A and B, which demonstrated high antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea, Mucor hiemails, Rhizopus stolonifer, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum under acidic pH conditions. Both the crude extract and reveromycin A from strain 3–10 at 10, 50, and 100 µg/ml showed high efficacy in suppression of strawberry fruit rot caused by the above-mentioned four pathogens. The efficacy was comparable to that of corresponding commercial fungicides (pyrimethanil, captan, dimetachlone) used in management of these pathogens. Morphological, physiological, and phylogenetic characterization showed that strain 3–10 is closely related to Streptomyces yanglinensis 1307T, representing a novel phylotype in that species. This study reported a new strain with reveromycins-producing capability. The finding is important for further exploitation of reveromycins for agricultural use.