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Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum’ Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents

Halophyte Limoniastrum monopetalum, an evergreen shrub inhabiting the Mediterranean region, has well-documented phytoremediation potential for metal removal from polluted sites. It is also considered to be a medicinal halophyte with potent activity against plant pathogens. Therefore, L. monopetalum...

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Autores principales: Ben Slama, Houda, Triki, Mohamed Ali, Chenari Bouket, Ali, Ben Mefteh, Fedia, Alenezi, Faizah N., Luptakova, Lenka, Cherif-Silini, Hafsa, Vallat, Armelle, Oszako, Tomasz, Gharsallah, Neji, Belbahri, Lassaad
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31405010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7080249
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author Ben Slama, Houda
Triki, Mohamed Ali
Chenari Bouket, Ali
Ben Mefteh, Fedia
Alenezi, Faizah N.
Luptakova, Lenka
Cherif-Silini, Hafsa
Vallat, Armelle
Oszako, Tomasz
Gharsallah, Neji
Belbahri, Lassaad
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Vallat, Armelle
Oszako, Tomasz
Gharsallah, Neji
Belbahri, Lassaad
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description Halophyte Limoniastrum monopetalum, an evergreen shrub inhabiting the Mediterranean region, has well-documented phytoremediation potential for metal removal from polluted sites. It is also considered to be a medicinal halophyte with potent activity against plant pathogens. Therefore, L. monopetalum may be a suitable candidate for isolating endophytic microbiota members that provide plant growth promotion (PGP) and resistance to abiotic stresses. Selected for biocontrol abilities, these endophytes may represent multifaceted and versatile biocontrol agents, combining pathogen biocontrol in addition to PGP and plant protection against abiotic stresses. In this study 117 root culturable bacterial endophytes, including Gram-positive (Bacillus and Brevibacillus), Gram-negative (Proteus, Providencia, Serratia, Pantoea, Klebsiella, Enterobacter and Pectobacterium) and actinomycete Nocardiopsis genera have been recovered from L. monopetalum. The collection exhibited high levels of biocontrol abilities against bacterial (Agrobacterium tumefaciens MAT2 and Pectobacterium carotovorum MAT3) and fungal (Alternaria alternata XSZJY-1, Rhizoctonia bataticola MAT1 and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis lycopersici FORL) pathogens. Several bacteria also showed PGP capacity and resistance to antibiotics and metals. A highly promising candidate Bacillus licheniformis LMRE 36 with high PGP, biocontrol, metal and antibiotic, resistance was subsequently tested in planta (potato and olive trees) for biocontrol of a collection of 14 highly damaging Fusarium species. LMRE 36 proved very effective against the collection in both species and against an emerging Fusarium sp. threatening olive trees culture in nurseries. These findings provide a demonstration of our pyramiding strategy. Our strategy was effective in combining desirable traits in biocontrol agents towards broad-spectrum resistance against pathogens and protection of crops from abiotic stresses. Stacking multiple desirable traits into a single biocontrol agent is achieved by first, careful selection of a host for endophytic microbiota recovery; second, stringent in vitro selection of candidates from the collection; and third, application of the selected biocontrol agents in planta experiments. That pyramiding strategy could be successfully used to mitigate effects of diverse biotic and abiotic stresses on plant growth and productivity. It is anticipated that the strategy will provide a new generation of biocontrol agents by targeting the microbiota of plants in hostile environments.
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spelling pubmed-67230252019-09-10 Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum’ Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents Ben Slama, Houda Triki, Mohamed Ali Chenari Bouket, Ali Ben Mefteh, Fedia Alenezi, Faizah N. Luptakova, Lenka Cherif-Silini, Hafsa Vallat, Armelle Oszako, Tomasz Gharsallah, Neji Belbahri, Lassaad Microorganisms Article Halophyte Limoniastrum monopetalum, an evergreen shrub inhabiting the Mediterranean region, has well-documented phytoremediation potential for metal removal from polluted sites. It is also considered to be a medicinal halophyte with potent activity against plant pathogens. Therefore, L. monopetalum may be a suitable candidate for isolating endophytic microbiota members that provide plant growth promotion (PGP) and resistance to abiotic stresses. Selected for biocontrol abilities, these endophytes may represent multifaceted and versatile biocontrol agents, combining pathogen biocontrol in addition to PGP and plant protection against abiotic stresses. In this study 117 root culturable bacterial endophytes, including Gram-positive (Bacillus and Brevibacillus), Gram-negative (Proteus, Providencia, Serratia, Pantoea, Klebsiella, Enterobacter and Pectobacterium) and actinomycete Nocardiopsis genera have been recovered from L. monopetalum. The collection exhibited high levels of biocontrol abilities against bacterial (Agrobacterium tumefaciens MAT2 and Pectobacterium carotovorum MAT3) and fungal (Alternaria alternata XSZJY-1, Rhizoctonia bataticola MAT1 and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis lycopersici FORL) pathogens. Several bacteria also showed PGP capacity and resistance to antibiotics and metals. A highly promising candidate Bacillus licheniformis LMRE 36 with high PGP, biocontrol, metal and antibiotic, resistance was subsequently tested in planta (potato and olive trees) for biocontrol of a collection of 14 highly damaging Fusarium species. LMRE 36 proved very effective against the collection in both species and against an emerging Fusarium sp. threatening olive trees culture in nurseries. These findings provide a demonstration of our pyramiding strategy. Our strategy was effective in combining desirable traits in biocontrol agents towards broad-spectrum resistance against pathogens and protection of crops from abiotic stresses. Stacking multiple desirable traits into a single biocontrol agent is achieved by first, careful selection of a host for endophytic microbiota recovery; second, stringent in vitro selection of candidates from the collection; and third, application of the selected biocontrol agents in planta experiments. That pyramiding strategy could be successfully used to mitigate effects of diverse biotic and abiotic stresses on plant growth and productivity. It is anticipated that the strategy will provide a new generation of biocontrol agents by targeting the microbiota of plants in hostile environments. MDPI 2019-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6723025/ /pubmed/31405010 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7080249 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ben Slama, Houda
Triki, Mohamed Ali
Chenari Bouket, Ali
Ben Mefteh, Fedia
Alenezi, Faizah N.
Luptakova, Lenka
Cherif-Silini, Hafsa
Vallat, Armelle
Oszako, Tomasz
Gharsallah, Neji
Belbahri, Lassaad
Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum’ Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents
title Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum’ Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents
title_full Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum’ Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents
title_fullStr Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum’ Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents
title_full_unstemmed Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum’ Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents
title_short Screening of the High-Rhizosphere Competent Limoniastrum monopetalum’ Culturable Endophyte Microbiota Allows the Recovery of Multifaceted and Versatile Biocontrol Agents
title_sort screening of the high-rhizosphere competent limoniastrum monopetalum’ culturable endophyte microbiota allows the recovery of multifaceted and versatile biocontrol agents
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31405010
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7080249
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