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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2016 | Volume: 19 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 250-258
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Siti Nur Aisyah

Hafid Harnas

Sulastri Sulastri

Retmi Retmi

Helmi Fuaddi

Fatchiyah Fatchiyah

Amri Bakhtiar

Jamsari Jamsari

Jamsari Jamsari

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Background and Objective: A new rhizobacteria isolate of Serratia plymuthica (strain UBCR_12) exhibited a promising potential as a biocontrol agent for anthracnose causing agent Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. The aim of this study was to characterize its antagonistic activity and explore the factors contributing to a higher inhibition activity. Materials and Methods: The antifungal effect of UBCR_12 against C. gloeosporioides was assayed under various pH values and nutritional sources. Culture supernatant obtained from UBCR_12 and C. gloeosporioides co-culture was also tested for its inhibitory activity. In addition, the antagonistic range of this isolate was examined against Sclerotium rolfsii and Fusarium oxysporum. Statistical analysis was done using one way analysis of variance and further processed using Fisher’s Least Significant Difference (LSD) test with a p<0.05. Results: The UBCR_12 induced inhibition was shown to be stable over time at pH 7, while peptone addition led to a faster induction (2 days after treatment) and glucose treatment to a higher activity. Of all these modifications, preliminary co-culture experiments with fungal cells resulted in the best antagonistic activity of UBCR_12 culture supernatant of about 30.66%. This isolate also showed a wide range of antagonistic activity due to its high suppression against S. rolfsii and F. oxysporum from soybean. Conclusion: Both environmental and biotic manipulations contributed an elevated inhibition rate of UBCR_12 against C. gloeosporioides. A proportional combination of the factors stimulating antagonistic activity of this strain is recommended to be utilized for the development of this strain as an antianthracnose. The enhanced antifungal effects of UBCR_12 resulted under each type of modification were varied indicating the difference of cell responses. It suggests that certain antifungal mechanism could be generated by modifying the environmental factor required for its induction. In addition, the application of cell-free culture supernatant provides an alternative solution in the utilization of biocontrol agents. For large scale application, it could minimize the risk of population outbreaks and harmful effects due to the living cells application.
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Siti Nur Aisyah, Hafid Harnas, Sulastri Sulastri, Retmi Retmi, Helmi Fuaddi, Fatchiyah Fatchiyah, Amri Bakhtiar and Jamsari Jamsari, 2016. Enhancement of a Novel Isolate of Serratia plymuthica as Potential Candidate for an Antianthracnose. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 19: 250-258.

DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2016.250.258

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=pjbs.2016.250.258

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