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Development of a Selective Medium for the Fungal Pathogen Fusarium graminearum Using Toxoflavin Produced by the Bacterial Pathogen Burkholderia glumae

The ascomycete fungus Fusarium graminearum is a major causal agent for Fusarium head blight in cereals and produces mycotoxins such as trichothecenes and zearalenone. Isolation of the fungal strains from air or cereals can be hampered by various other airborne fungal pathogens and saprophytic fungi....

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Autores principales: Jung, Boknam, Lee, Sehee, Ha, Jiran, Park, Jong-Chul, Han, Sung-Sook, Hwang, Ingyu, Lee, Yin-Won, Lee, Jungkwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Plant Pathology 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4174821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25288974
http://dx.doi.org/10.5423/PPJ.NT.07.2013.0068
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Sumario:The ascomycete fungus Fusarium graminearum is a major causal agent for Fusarium head blight in cereals and produces mycotoxins such as trichothecenes and zearalenone. Isolation of the fungal strains from air or cereals can be hampered by various other airborne fungal pathogens and saprophytic fungi. In this study, we developed a selective medium specific to F. graminearum using toxoflavin produced by the bacterial pathogen Burkholderia glumae. F. graminearum was resistant to toxoflavin, while other fungi were sensitive to this toxin. Supplementing toxoflavin into medium enhanced the isolation of F. graminearum from rice grains by suppressing the growth of saprophytic fungal species. In addition, a medium with or without toxoflavin exposed to wheat fields for 1 h had 84% or 25%, respectively, of colonies identified as F. graminearum. This selection medium provides an efficient tool for isolating F. graminearum, and can be adopted by research groups working on genetics and disease forecasting.