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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 1439-1451.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2025.02.078

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Biocontrol Potential of Bacillus subtilis GXHZ16 against Tobacco Black Shank

PENG Yu1, HU Yajie2, WU Huiping3, FAN Qiling3, LI Caibin1, TANG Ai1, CHEN Dehui1, LI Xiang4, CHEN Jianguo1, DING Ting3, WU Feng2   

  1. 1. Bijie Branch of Guizhou Tobacco Company, Bijie 551700, China;
    2. China Tobacco GuangXi Industrial Company Limited, Nanning 530001, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Biology and Sustainable Management of Plant Diseases and Pests of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China;
    4. Guizhou Tobacco Company of the China National Tobacco Corporation, Guiyang 550000, China
  • Received:2025-01-13 Published:2025-12-22

Abstract: To clarify biocontrol potential of antagonistic bacterium GXHZ16 against tobacco black shank, the strain was first identified based on its morphological characteristics, physiological and biochemical properties, and sequence analyses of the 16S rRNA and gyrB genes. Subsequently, pot experiments were conducted to evaluate tits control efficacy against tobacco black shank. Furthermore, hyphal morphology of Phytophthora nicotianae after exposure to GXHZ16 was observed using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), antimicrobial activity of crude lipopeptides from GXHZ16 was assessed through mycelial growth rate assays, and PCR detection was used to identify genes encoding lipopeptides. Then, the labelled strain GXHZ16-gfp was obtained through the green fluorescent protein (gfp) tagging, and its colonization dynamics in rhizosphere soil and roots of tobacco plants were investigated. The results showed GXHZ16, identified as Bacillus subtilis, exhibited a control efficacy of 52.21% against tobacco black shank, and caused abnormal hyphal morphology of P. nicotianae. The crude lipopeptides of GXHZ16 strongly inhibited the growth of P. nicotianae, and GXHZ16 was found to contain genes encoding lipopeptides such as plipstatin, fengycin, and surfactin. In addition, GXHZ16 stably colonized the tobacco rhizosphere soil and roots, with colonization densities of 25.20× 106 and 12.93× 105 cfu/g, respectively, on the 28th day after inoculation. These findings provided a theoretical foundation for the further exploration and industrial development of GXHZ16.

Key words: Phytophthora nicotianae, Bacillus subtilis, lipopetide, colonization, biocontrol potential

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