title: Identification of an antifungal metabolite produced by a potential biocontrol Actinomyces strain A01.
abstract: Actinomyces strain A01 was isolated from soil of a vegetable field in the suburb of Beijing, China. According to the morphological, cultural, physiological and biochemical characteristics, and 16S rDNA sequence analysis, strain A01 was identified as Streptomyces lydicus. In the antimicrobial spectrum test strain A01 presented a stable and strong inhibitory activity against several plant pathogenic fungi such as Fusarium oxysporum, Botrytis cinerea, Monilinia laxa, etc. However, no antibacterial activity was found. In pot experiments in greenhouse, the development of tomato gray mold was markedly suppressed by treatment with the fermentation broth of the strain A01, and the control efficacy was higher than those of Pyrimethanil and Polyoxin. A main antifungal compound (purity 99.503%) was obtained from the fermentation broth of strain A01 using column chromatography and HPLC. The chemical structural analysis with U V, IR, MS, and NMR confirmed that the compound produced by the strain A01 is natamycin, a polyene antibiotic produced by S. chattanovgensis, S. natalensis, and S. gilvosporeus, widely used as a natural biological preservative for food according to previous reports. The present study revealed a new producing strain of natamycin and its potential application as a biological control agent for fungal plant diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University , Beijing 100094 , China ; Institute of Plant and Environment Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences , Beijing 100097 , China.
authors.forename: Cai Ge
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Wei Cheng
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Ji Yan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Hui Min
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wen
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: De Liu
keywords: Streptomyces lydicus; biological control; fungal plant disease; natamycin
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