Title: | Antimicrobial Activity of Diffusible and Volatile Metabolites Emitted by Beauveria bassiana: Chemical Profile of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Using SPME-GC/MS Analysis |
Author(s): | Camele I; Sadeek SA; Racioppi R; Elshafie HS; |
Address: | "School of Agricultural, Forestry, Food and Environment al Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Zagazig, Zagazig 44519, Egypt. Department of Sciences, University of Basilicata, Viale dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, 85100 Potenza, Italy" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2223-7747 (Print) 2223-7747 (Electronic) 2223-7747 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "The genus Beauveria includes important entomopathogenic and endophytic fungi; among them, Beauveria bassiana is the most studied species. However, there is little knowledge regarding their antimicrobial activity. The current research has been conducted to evaluate the in vitro antagonistic activity of B. bassiana and the antimicrobial efficacy of its Exo and Endo metabolites against Bacillus cereus, B. megaterium, Clavibacter michiganensis (Gram positive bacteria, G+ve), Xanthomonas campestris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and P. fluorescence (Gram negative bacteria, G-ve). In addition, solid-phase microextraction (SPME) was coupled with Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) to qualitatively measure the volatile organic compounds' (VOCs) metabolic profile of the most efficient studied isolate of B. bassiana. The obtained results showed that the isolate UniB2439-3 has a promising antibacterial effect against most of the studied target bacteria. An SPME-GC/MS analysis of VOCs revealed the presence of ethanol, butanal,2-methyl, 2,4-dimethyl-1-heptene, octane, 4-methyl and beta-elemene as the dominant bioactive compounds. The results demonstrated that the efficient isolate of B. bassiana can be potentially used as a biocontrol agent against several bacteria, especially G+ve ones" |
Keywords: | biocontrol endophytic fungi entomopathogens microbial metabolites natural products phytopathogens; |
Notes: | "PublisherCamele, Ippolito Sadeek, Sadeek A Racioppi, Rocco Elshafie, Hazem S eng Rep. n. 600 del 21.12.2020/Basilicata Region-Phytosanitary Office (Matera, Italy)/ Switzerland 2023/08/12 Plants (Basel). 2023 Aug 3; 12(15):2854. doi: 10.3390/plants12152854" |