The influence of moisture on the suppression of Pseudomonas syringae by Aureobasidium pullulans on an artificial leaf surface
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Isolates of Aureobasidium pullulans which produce antibacterial metabolites were compared with non-antibiotic-producing isolates of Tremella foliacea and Trichosporon beigelii for their ability to inhibit growth of Pseudomonas syringae pv phaseolicola. The bacteria and fungi were co-inoculated on an artificial leaf surface under conditions of low and high water availability. Under conditions of excess moisture, antibiotic production gave no advantage to the Aureobasidium isolates, and all the yeasts were equally antagonistic. Under drier conditions the Aureobasidium isolates reduced the population of P. syringae by 96–99%, a result which was significantly different from that which occurred when the bacteria were co-inoculated with the other yeasts under these conditions. An antibacterial compound, similar to that produced in liquid culture by Aureobasidium, was detected in washings from the artificial leaf surface following growth of this species.
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Toxin production provided a competitive advantage to A. pullulans under dry, oligotrophic conditions, whereas it had no effect on antagonistic activity in more humid environments.
“Toxin production provided a competitive advantage to A. pullulans under dry, oligotrophic conditions, whereas it had no effect (as compared to yeasts not producing toxins) on antagonistic activity in more humid environments (McCormack et al. 1995).”
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- Authors
- McCormack, P., Wildman, H. G., & Jeffries, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Kent (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Jeffries, P.
- Venue
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1995-02
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 159-166
- ISSN
- 0168-6496 (ISSN-L)
- 1574-6941
- OpenAlex
- W1972341418
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- 15
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- 24
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- 2025: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 1.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology (publishedVersion)
- Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
- Keywords
- Aureobasidium pullulans, Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola, biological control, moisture availability, antibacterial metabolites, antagonism, Trichosporon beigelii, co-inoculation, plant pathogenic bacteria
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