Pseudomonas putida and closely-related species such as Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas brassicacearum have been reported as potential biocontrol agents and plant growth-promoters. Recently, we have described the biocontrol activity of P. putida B2017 against several phytopathogens of agricultural relevance. In this study, its ability to produce potential antibiotic / toxic metabolites was assessed by functional, chromatography-mass spectrometry and genomic analysis. Our results show that B2017 is not able to synthesize surfactants and common antibiotics produced by Pseudomonas spp., i.e. pyrrolnitrin, 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol, pyoluteorin and pyocyanin, but it produces pyoverdine, a siderophore which is involved in its biocontrol activity. The non-production of other metabolites, such as cyanide, safracin, promysalin and lipopeptides between others, is also discussed. Our data suggest that the mode of action of B2017 is not mainly due to the production of antimicrobial / toxic metabolites. Moreover, these features make P. putida B2017 a promising biocontrol microorganism for plant protection without side effects on environment, non-target organisms and human health.
<abstract> <p>It is certainly difficult to estimate productivity losses due to the action of phytopathogenic nematodes but it might be about 12 % of world agricultural production. Although there are numerous tools to reduce the effect of these nematodes, there is growing concern about their environmental impact. <italic>Lysobacter enzymogenes</italic> B25 is an effective biological control agent against plant-parasitic nematodes, showing control over root-knot nematodes (RKN) such as <italic>Meloidogyne incognita</italic> and <italic>Meloidogyne javanica</italic>. In this paper, the efficacy of B25 to control RKN infestation in tomato plants (<italic>Solanum lycopersicum</italic> cv. <italic>Durinta</italic>) is described. The bacterium was applied 4 times at an average of concentration around 10<sup>8</sup> CFU/mL showing an efficacy of 50–95 % depending on the population and the pressure of the pathogen. Furthermore, the control activity of B25 was comparable to that of the reference chemical used. <italic>L. enzymogenes</italic> B25 is hereby characterized, and its mode of action studied, focusing on different mechanisms that include motility, the production of lytic enzymes and secondary metabolites and the induction of plant defenses. The presence of <italic>M. incognita</italic> increased the twitching motility of B25. In addition, cell-free supernatants obtained after growing B25, in both poor and rich media, showed efficacy in inhibiting RKN egg hatching <italic>in vitro</italic>. This nematicidal activity was sensitive to high temperatures, suggesting that it is mainly due to extracellular lytic enzymes. The secondary metabolites heat-stable antifungal factor and alteramide A/B were identified in the culture filtrate and their contribution to the nematicidal activity of B25 is discussed. This study points out <italic>L. enzymogenes</italic> B25 as a promising biocontrol microorganism against nematode infestation of plants and a good candidate to develop a sustainable nematicidal product.</p> </abstract>
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