title: Isolation and characterization of a novel Burkholderia cepacia with strong antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani.
abstract: Strain CF-66 with strong antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani was isolated from compost samples. It is clearly demonstrated that strain CF-66 is belonging to Burkholderia cepacia complex by the morphological and biochemical tests and 16S rDNA sequence. The B. cepacia complex consists of a group of bacteria currently organized into nine genomovars, among them genomovar II and genomovar III, contain the highly epidemic strains. However, it was known that strain CF-66 is not a member of genomovar II or III of the B. cepacia complex by species-specific polymerase chain reaction assay. In this study, the antifungal compound CF66I produced by strain CF-66 was purified and characterized. Based on the nuclear magnetic resonance, GC-MS spectral and infrared spectral data, CF66I was confirmed to have amide bonds, alpha-methyl fatty acid, bromine, and some structural units such as CH(2)CH(2)O. CF66I is stable to high temperature, proteolytic enzymes, and organic solvents. CF66I inhibit the growth of a variety of plant pathogenic fungi and pathogenic yeast, whereas bacterial cells are unaffected. CF66I mainly reduced hyphal extension rates in a dose-dependent manner and induced severe change in cell morphology that resulted in swelled and formed very short hyphae with multiple branches.
authors.affiliation: Life Science College, Dalian Nationalities University, Economical and Technological Development Zone, Dalian 116600, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Quan
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Fan
mesh_terms: D000577:Amides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D016956:Burkholderia cepacia / Q000145:classification / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004355:Drug Stability; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D025301:Hyphae / Q000187:drug effects; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012232:Rhizoctonia / Q000187:drug effects*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D000577:Amides; D000935:Antifungal Agents; C525443:CF66I compound; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S