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Published on: April 11, 2013
An Integrative Approach to Decipher the Chemical Antagonism between the Competing Endophytes Paraconiothyrium
Marine Vallet1, Quentin P Vanbellingen2, Tingting Fu2
1Unité Molécules de Communication et Adaptation des Micro-organismes (UMR 7245), Sorbonne Université, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, CNRS , CP 54, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France.
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.
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