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Aswani Ravi1, Sukanya Rajan1, Nejumal Kannankeril Khalid2
1School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 686560, India.
Abstract:
The present study has been designed to improve the activity of endophytic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BmB1 against Pythium aphanidermatum through the culture supplementation with carbon sources, nitrogen sources and zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnONPs). From the results of the study, supplementation with glucose (45 g/L), yeast extract (7.5 g/L) and ZnONPs (5 mg/L) were found to enhance the antifungal activity of B. amyloliquefaciens BmB1. This was also confirmed by comparative statistical analysis with experimental control. Further LC-Q-TOF-MS analysis of extracts of B. amyloliquefaciens BmB1 cultured with supplements showed a remarkable modulation of its lipopeptide profile. The blend of lipopeptides enhanced during the culture supplementation of B. amyloliquefaciens BmB1 as evidenced by the mass spectrometric analysis can consider to be the basis of its increased activity against P. aphanidermatum. As Bacillus spp. are well known for their biocontrol activities, the results of the study offer ways to improve its agricultural applications.
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