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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2015

Diversity and functions of volatile organic compounds produced by Streptomyces from a disease-suppressive soil.

Viviane Cordovez, Victor J Carrion, Desalegn W Etalo, Roland Mumm, Hua Zhu, Gilles P van Wezel, Jos M Raaijmakers

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers.

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79 citing papers in PubMed, 241 citations in OpenAlex.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Viviane CordovezDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Wageningen, Netherlands ; Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University Wageningen, Netherlands.
Victor J CarrionDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Wageningen, Netherlands.
Desalegn W EtaloDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Wageningen, Netherlands.
Roland MummPlant Research International, Business Unit Bioscience, Wageningen University and Research Centre Wageningen, Netherlands ; Centre for Biosystems Genomics Wageningen, Netherlands.
Hua ZhuMolecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands.
Gilles P van WezelDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Wageningen, Netherlands ; Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands.
Jos M RaaijmakersDepartment of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) Wageningen, Netherlands ; Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University Leiden, Netherlands.
Netherlands Institute of Ecology · NLLeiden University · NLCentre for BioSystems Genomics · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In disease-suppressive soils, plants are protected from infections by specific root pathogens due to the antagonistic activities of soil and rhizosphere microorganisms. For most disease-suppressive soils, however, the microorganisms and mechanisms involved in pathogen control are largely unknown. Our recent studies identified Actinobacteria as the most dynamic phylum in a soil suppressive to the fungal root pathogen Rhizoctonia solani. Here we isolated and characterized 300 isolates of rhizospheric Actinobacteria from the Rhizoctonia-suppressive soil. Streptomyces species were the most abundant, representing approximately 70% of the isolates. Streptomyces are renowned for the production of an exceptionally large number of secondary metabolites, including volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOC profiling of 12 representative Streptomyces isolates by SPME-GC-MS allowed a more refined phylogenetic delineation of the Streptomyces isolates than the sequencing of 16S rRNA and the house-keeping genes atpD and recA only. VOCs of several Streptomyces isolates inhibited hyphal growth of R. solani and significantly enhanced plant shoot and root biomass. Coupling of Streptomyces VOC profiles with their effects on fungal growth, pointed to VOCs potentially involved in antifungal activity. Subsequent assays with five synthetic analogs of the identified VOCs showed that methyl 2-methylpentanoate, 1,3,5-trichloro-2-methoxy benzene and the VOCs mixture have antifungal activity. In conclusion, our results point to a potential role of VOC-producing Streptomyces in disease suppressive soils and show that VOC profiling of rhizospheric Streptomyces can be used as a complementary identification tool to construct strain-specific metabolic signatures.

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Actinobacteriaantifungal activityplant growth promotionSPME-GC-MSsuppressive soil

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