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Disinfectants are commonly used in households, hospitals, in drug manufacturing, in food processing. With the ever-increasing antibiotic-resistance of microorganisms, it is crucial to rationally apply disinfectants in suitable concentrations, with proper active substance, as not all substances affect various organisms in the same way. Among the microorganisms that are particularly difficult to kill, there are bacteria producing spores - forms that have different structure and sensitivity to disinfectants than the vegetative forms. The aim of the study has been to examine the influence of frequently used disinfectant compounds upon the spores of bacteria of the Bacillus genus: B. cereus, B. mycoides, and B. subtilis. In the study of disinfectants the findings showed that the disinfectants with the best results against spores are: peracetic acid, hydrogen peroxide in concentrations of 30% as well as 5%, and Lysoformin 3000. The least efficient in fighting spores proved to be Isopropanol and Promanum N. Differentiation has been found to exist in the reaction of specific species to the preparation Rafasept, as B. subtilis occurred to be very sensitive to that compound, whereas Rafasept turned out to be ineffective in the case of B. mycoides and B. cereus.

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P. Olesiak
M. Kostecki
A. Smyłła
P. Krupa
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As polycarbonate is frequently used in many products, its accumulation in landfi lls is absolutely harmful to the environment. The aims of this study were the screening and isolation of polycarbonate-degrading bacteria (PDB) and the assessment of their ability in the degradation of polycarbonate (PC) polymers. Nine-month buried-PC films were used for PDB isolation and identification. The biodegradation ability of the isolates was determined by growth curve, clear zone formation, lipase and amylase production, AFM and FTIR. Bacillus cereus and Bacillus megaterium were identifi ed and considered as PDB. The degradation ability of B. megaterium was significantly higher than that of B. cereus. Both were lipase and amylase positive. AFM and FTIR results showed the initiation of bacterial attachment. The PC biodegradation ability of isolates can be very efficient. Finding such efficient isolates (which was less studied before) will promise a decrease in plastic contamination in the future.
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Mojgan Arefian
1
Arezoo Tahmourespour
2
Mohammadali Zia
2

  1. Fars Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Fars, Iran
  2. Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
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The aim of this study is to find bacterial strains with antagonistic effects against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici ( Fol) and Ascochyta sp, which are phytopathogens responsible for fusarium wilt of tomato and ascochyta blight of peas, respectively. One hundred thirty- six bacteria isolated from the rhizosphere of tomatoes were screened. Five strains with the largest inhibition zones were selected. These strains were identified by the phenotypic method, later confirmed by sequencing of 16S rDNA. All strains belonged to the genus Bacillus spp. Their inhibition capacity was evaluated by the direct method by doing a dual culture, the inhibition rates ranged from 44.32 ± 0.8 to 61.36 ± 0.2 against Fol and 62.04 ± 0.8 to 74.1 ± 0.2% against Ascochyta sp. They were then evaluated by the indirect method by evaluating, on one hand, the antifungal effect of the volatile compounds produced by the strains and on the other hand, the antifungal effect of the filtrates. The results showed that volatile compounds inhibited plant pathogens’ growth with average inhibition rates of 55% against Fol and 17% against Ascochyta. For filtrates, the average inhibition rates were 33.01% against Fol and 33.74% against Ascochyta sp. Finally, the plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) effect of B. halotolerans RFP57 was evaluated. This involved assessing their ability to stimulate the germination of tomato seeds and the growth of their vegetative organs. The results showed significant improvement in treated seedlings compared to controls. All these results show that the strains selected for this study have the potential for use as a biocontrol agent. However, it is clear that further in-depth studies are needed to confirm their true potentiality.
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Pelias Rafanomezantsoa
1
Samia Gharbi
2
Noureddine Karkachi
1
Mebrouk Kihal
1

  1. Department of Biology, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Oran, Algeria
  2. Department of Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology of Oran Mohamed Boudiaf, Oran, Algeria
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In a previous study, the endophytic Bacillus velezensis NC318 was isolated from the rhizosphere of date palm and showed strong antifungal activity against the soil-borne plant pathogenic fungus, Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc, the causal agent of Southern blight. The potential of the Bacillus genus in the inhibition of plant pathogens is mainly due to the production of certain bioactive compounds. In the present study, secondary metabolites extracted from the cell-free supernatant of strain NC318 showed strong antifungal activity on the mycelial growth and germination of S. rolfsii sclerotia in vitro. With 50 μl of bioactive compounds crude extracts, the mycelial growth inhibition rate was 97% and any germination of sclerotia was reported. Chemical analysis of the secondary metabolite crude extracts performed by high performance liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS), revealed that the secreted bioactive compounds belonged to the family of lipopeptides (iturin, fengycin, surfactin), polyketides (bacillaene, macrolactin, difficidin and bacilysin) and siderophores (bacillibactin). These results provide a better understanding of the biocontrol mechanism of the bacteria strain B. velezensis NC318 against the soil fungal pathogens, especially S. rolfsii root rot.
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Michelle Gaëlle Siméone Bidima
1
Noureddine Chtaina
1
Brahim Ezzahiri
1
Mohammed El Guilli
2
Ilham Barakat
1
ORCID: ORCID
Taha El Kamli
3

  1. Plant Protection Unit, Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute, Rabat, Morocco
  2. Plant Protection Unit, National Institute of Agronomic Research, Rabat, Morocco
  3. Anti-Doping Control Laboratory, Hassan II Agronomic and Veterinary Institute, Kenitra, Morocco
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The efficiency of a formulated salicylic acid (Zacha 11, 500 mg · l–1) and a Bacillus bioproduct (JN2-007, 1 × 107 cfu · ml–1) in controlling cassava root rot disease and enhancing growth was evaluated. The results revealed that cassava stalk soaking and foliage spraying with Zacha 11 formulation or Bacillus subtilis bioproduct could increase cassava growth at 60 days after planting under greenhouse conditions. Zacha 11 gave the tallest stem height (11.67 cm), the longest root length (18.91 cm) and the greatest number of roots (49.50). Fusarium root rot severity indices of all treated treatments were reduced, and were significantly lower than that of the water control. Plants treated with Zacha 11 and JN2-007 had disease severity reduction of 53.33 and 48.33%, respectively. Furthermore, all treatments increased the endogenous salicylic acid (SA) content in cassava plants at 24 inoculation with significant differences when compared to the untreated samples. The efficacy of Zacha 11 and JN2-007 was evaluated at two field locations, using two different cassava varieties, cv. Rayong 72 and CMR-89. The results showed that all elicitors could suppress root rot disease as well as bacterial leaf blight. Furthermore, the elicitors helped cassava plants cv. Rayong 72 and CMR-89 to increase tuber weight, yield and starch contents, compared to the water control. Thus, it is possible that these formulations could be effective in controlling diseases and increasing cassava productivity.
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Chanon Saengchan
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ORCID: ORCID
Piyaporn Phansak
2
Toan Le Thanh
3
Narendra Kumar Papathoti
1 4
Natthiya Buensanteai
1

  1. School of Crop Production Technology, Institute of Agricultural Technology, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
  2. Division of Biology, Faculty of Science, Nakhon Phanom University, Nakhon Phanom, Thailand
  3. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Can Tho University, Can Tho, Vietnam
  4. Research and Development Division, Sri Yuva Biotech Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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The efficacy of the fungus Lecanicillium lecanii and two bacteria, Bacillus thuringiensis and Streptomyces avermitilis against the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch and side effects on its predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis A.-H. was studied under laboratory conditions. Both S. avermitilis and B. thuringiensis based biopesticides resulted in maximum mortality rates of 90–100% and 91–99% for spider mite adults and larvae, respectively. The mortality of spider mite larvae under fungus L. lecanii treatment was around 60%. These bacteria and fungus also had toxic effects against P. persimilis on the same day of applying insecticides and releasing the predatory mite. The release of predatory mites one day post-treatment of plants with L. lecanii and 7 days post-treatment with B. thuringiensis or S. avermitilis did not negatively affect the survival of predators released. These findings support the potential use of entomopathogenic fungi and bacteria in combination with predatory mites in spider mite biocontrol.

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Alexandra A. Zenkova
Ekaterina V. Grizanova
Irina V. Andreeva
Daria Y. Gerne
Elena I. Shatalova
Vera P. Cvetcova
Ivan M. Dubovskiy
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Global agriculture is a pivotal activity performed by various communities worldwide to produce essential human food needs. Plant productivity is limited by several factors, such as salinity, water scarcity, and heat stress. Salinity significantly causes short or long-term impacts on the plant photosynthesis mechanisms by reducing the photosynthetic rate of CO 2 assimilation and limiting the stomatal conductance. Moreover, disturbing the plant water status imbalance causes plant growth inhibition. Up-regulation of several plant phytohormones occurs in response to increasing soil salt concentration. In addition, there are different physiological and biochemical mechanisms of salt tolerance, including ion transport, uptake, homeostasis, synthesis of antioxidant enzymes, and osmoprotectants. Besides that, microorganisms proved their ability to increase plant tolerance, Bacillus spp. represents the dominant bacteria of the rhizosphere zone, characterised as harmless microbes with extraordinary abilities to synthesise many chemical compounds to support plants in confronting salinity stress. In addition, applying arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is a promising method to decrease salinity-induced plant damage as it could enhance the growth rate relative to water content. In addition, there is a demand to search for new salt-tolerant crops with more yield and adaptation to unfavourable environmental conditions. The negative impact of salinity on plant growth and productivity, photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and changes in plant phytohormones biosynthesis, including abscisic acid and salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, ethylene, cytokinins, gibberellins, and brassinosteroids was discussed in this review. The mechanisms evolved to adapt and/or survive the plants, including ion homeostasis, antioxidants, and osmoprotectants biosynthesis, and the microbial mitigate salt stress. In addition, there are modern approaches to apply innovative methods to modify plants to tolerate salinity, especially in the essential crops producing probable yield with a notable result for further optimisation and investigations.
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Omar A. Hewedy
1 2
ORCID: ORCID
Ghada Abd-Elmonsef Mahmoud
3
ORCID: ORCID
Naglaa F. Elshafey
4
Galal Khamis
5
Ali M. Karkour
6
Khalid S. Abdel Lateif
2
Basma H. Amin
7
Nour Chiab
8
Ahmed M. El-Taher
9
Nabil I. Elsheery
10
ORCID: ORCID

  1. University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, Guelph, Canada
  2. Menoufia University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Genetics, Shibin El-Kom, Egypt
  3. Assiut University, Faculty of Science, Botany and Microbiology Department, Assiut, Egypt
  4. Arish University, Faculty of Science, Botany and Microbiology Department, El-Arish, Egypt
  5. Cairo University, Department of Laser Applications in Meteorology, Photochemistry, and Agriculture, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, Giza, Egypt
  6. Tanta University, Faculty of Science, Microbiology Department, Tanta, Egypt
  7. Al-Azhar University, The Regional Centre for Mycology and Biotechnology, Cairo, Egypt
  8. National Engineering School of Sfax (ENIS), Biology Engineering Department, Sfax, Tunisia
  9. Al-Azhar University, Agriculture Faculty, Department of Agriculture Botany, Cairo, Egypt
  10. Tanta University, Faculty of Agriculture, Agricultural Botany Department, Al-Geish St, Tanta, 6632110, Egypt
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High intake of over-the-counter, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, has resulted in their presence in wastewaters and surface waters. The potentially harmful effect of ibuprofen present in the waters has led to a search for new methods of drugs’ removal from the environment. One of the most important technological and economical solutions comprises microbiological degradation of these resistant pollutants. Searching for new strains able to degrade ibuprofen could be one of the answers for increasing the detection of pharmaceuticals in the waters. In this study, the ability of bacterial strain Bacillus thuringiensis B1(2015b) to remove ibuprofen is described. Bacteria were cultured in both monosubstrate and cometabolic systems with 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 mg L-1 ibuprofen and 1 g L-1 glucose as a carbon source. Bacillus thuringiensis B1(2015b) removed ibuprofen up to 9 mg L-1 in 232 hours in the monosubstrate culture, whereas in the cometabolic culture the removal of the drug was over 6 times faster. That is why the examined strain could be used to enhance the bioremediation of ibuprofen.

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Ariel Marchlewicz
Urszula Guzik
Danuta Wojcieszyńska
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The use of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) to control insect pests has already been established in various agronomic and forest crops. It is a bacterium that does not pollute the environment, is safe for mammals and vertebrates, lacks toxicity to plants and specifically targets insects. To date in-depth studies have not been conducted about the use of Bt to control the main pest of mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla King) and other Meliaceae species, the Hypsipyla grandella Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Therefore, this study aimed to test the pathogenicity of Bt strains on H. grandella caterpillars, as well to determine the lethal concentration required to kill 50% of the population (LC50) of the most promising strains. Ten strains of Bt toxic to lepidopteran proven in previous trials were used and these were incorporated into a natural diet with mahogany seeds to check their mortality. The LC50 of the top five strains was determined. The results indicate that H. grandella is highly susceptible to Bt toxins and the S1905 strain is highly toxic. Therefore, the use of Bt strains may be a tool to be incorporated into the integrated management of this important pest.
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de Castro Marcelo Tavares
Montalvăo Sandro Coelho Linhares
Monnerat Rose Gomes
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In the years 2002–2004 strains of Bacillus thuringiensis and 37 species of entomopathogenic fungi were isolated and identified in the Polish and Belarussian parts of Białowieża Forest (BF). Mitosporic fungi and bacteria dominated in litter sperficial soil layer, forest, litter and floor vegetation whereas entomophtoralen fungi prevailed in bushy undergrowth layers and tree crowns. The dominant species Beauveria bassiana was observed in forest floor, subcortical habitats on dead trees, meadows and rushes. The species Entomophthora israelensis, Beauveria cf. bassiana, Paecilomyces suffultus and P. tenuipes were for the first time described as insect pathogens in BF. Entomophthorales seem to hold much greater part than mitosporic forms in the whole diversity of entomopathogenic fungi. Relatively rich sets of these fungi recognised in BF during last decades confirm the predestination of this area as highly significant refuge for other groups of arthropod pathogens, and it should encourage scientists to widen their research and contribute to a rather scarce knowledge in this field.

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Danuta Sosnowska
Stanisław Bałazy
Ludmila Prishchepa
Natalia Mikulskaya
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Biological control of plant diseases is strongly emerging as an effective alternative to the use of chemical pesticides and fungicides. Stress tolerance is an important attribute in the selection of bacteria for the development of microbial inoculants. Fourteen salt-tolerant bacteria showing different morphological features isolated from the rhizosphere of maize were evaluated for different plant growth-promoting activities. All isolates showed auxin production ranging from 5 to 24 μg ⋅ ml–1 after 48 h incubation in tryptophan supplemented media. Phosphate solubilization ranged from 15 to 419 μg ⋅ ml–1. 1-aminocycloproprane- 1-carboxylate (ACC) deaminase activity was shown by 6 isolates, ammonia production by 9 isolates, siderophore production by 8 isolates while HCN production by 4 isolates. Four bacterial isolates with all plant growth-promoting properties also showed strong antagonistic activities against Fusarium oxysporum, F. verticillioides, Curvularia lunata and Alternaria alternata and abiotic stress tolerance against salinity, temperature, pH and calcium salts. Two selected bacterial isolates significantly enhanced the growth of pea and maize test plants under greenhouse conditions. The bacterial isolate M1B2, which showed the highest growth promotion of test plants, was identified as Bacillus sp. based on phenotypic and 16S rDNA gene sequencing. The results indicated that Bacillus sp. M1B2 is a potential candidate for the development of microbial inoculants in stressful environments.
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Amandeep Kaur
Soibam Richan Devi
Pratibha Vyas
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The study objective was to investigate the influence of microbiologically obtained surfactin on the feeding and development of Oulema melanopus and Oulema gallaeciana on spring wheat ( Triticum aestivum) and spring barley ( Hordeum vulgare). The purified bioproduct was applied to the leaves of cereal plants at a concentration of 660.5 mg · l –1. The tests were conducted as a no-choice test and a choice test. Pest feeding and egg-laying were analyzed. The addition of surfactin to the food reduced the feeding of female and male tested insects as compared to controls. Male pests caused less damage to plants than females. Insect feeding on surfactin-treated plants was low in the first days of the experiment. The tested insects laid fewer eggs on plants treated with the biosurfactant. In terms of food selection, both female and male Oulema spp. were much more likely to choose food to which surfactin had not been applied. It can thus be concluded that surfactin can contribute positively to the biological control of beetles of the genus Oulema under natural conditions. However, further research is needed to better understand the mechanisms by which analogues of this compound limit the development of this cereal pest in its natural environment.
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Beata Koim-Puchowska
1
Robert Lamparski
2
Joanna Maria Dróżdż-Afelt
1

  1. Department of Biotechnology, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
  2. Department of Biology and Plant Protection, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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The effects of a microbial inoculant (Thervelics®: a mixture of cells of Bacillus subtilis C-3102 and carrier materials) on rice (Oryza sativa cv. Milkyprincess) and barley (Hordeum vulgare cv. Sachiho Golden) were evaluated in four pot experiments. In the first and second experiments, the dry matter production of rice and barley increased significantly by 10–20% with the inoculation of the mixture at a rate of 107 cfu ⋅ g–1 soil compared with the non-inoculated control. In the third experiment, the growth promoting effects of the mixture, the autoclaved mixture and the carrier materials were compared. The dry mater production of rice grains was the highest in the mixture, and it was significantly higher in the three treatments than in the control, suggesting that the carrier materials may also have a plant growth promoting effect and the living cells might have an additional stimulatory effect. To confirm the efficacy of the living cells in the mixture, only B. subtilis C-3102 cells were used in the fourth experiment. In addition, to estimate the mechanisms in growth promotion by B. subtilis C-3102, three B. subtilis strains with similar or different properties in the production of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), protease and siderophore and phosphatesolubilizing ability were used as reference strains. Only B. subtilis C-3102 significantly increased the dry matter production of rice grains and the soil protease activity was consistently higher in the soil inoculated with B. subtilis C-3102 throughout the growing period. These results indicate that the microbial inoculant including live B. subtilis C-3102 may have growth promoting effects on rice and barley.

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Authors and Affiliations

Abdul Saleem Jamily
Yuki Koyama
Thida Aye Win
Koki Toyota
Seiya Chikamatsu
Takeshi Shirai
Taisuke Uesugi
Hiroaki Murakami
Tetsuya Ishida
Takaomi Yasuhara

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