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Chinese Journal of Biological Control ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 1094-1103.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2022.11.020

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Functional Analysis of ganA in the Nematocidal of Enterobacter ludwigii against Bursaphelenchus xylophilus

WANG Haoyu2,3, ZHANG Hongtao2,3, ZHANG Ying1, ZHAO Yu2,3,7, WANG Chuanzhen4, ZHANG Lixia5, WANG Qi6, WU Di2,3, YU Cuifang8, LI Haiyong4, WANG Shuang1, NIU Ben2,3   

  1. 1. Administrative Office of the Summer Palace, Beijing 100091, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Tree Genetics and Breeding, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China;
    3. College of Life Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China;
    4. Yantai Service Center of Forest Resources Monitoring and Protection, Yantai 264000, China;
    5. Sino Green Agri-Biotech Co., Ltd., Beijing 102101, China;
    6. Department of Plant Pathology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
    7. Mudanjiang Normal University, Mudanjiang 157000, China;
    8. Occurrence Status and Control Strategy of Forestry Pests inYunto Scenic Spot of Qingzhou, Qingzhou 262500, China
  • Received:2022-06-22 Online:2023-10-08 Published:2023-10-25

Abstract: Biocontrol microorganisms have been used to control Bursaphelenchus xylophilus disease, but the molecular mechanism of nematicidal is not clear. This study found that the corrected mortality of B. xylophilus treated with E. ludwigii AA4 was more than 85%, and strain AA4 could significantly reduce B. xylophilus infection of pine seedlings. In order to explore the molecular mechanism of AA4 against B. xylophilus, the DNA homologous recombination technique was used to construct the β-galactosidase gene ganA, and the function of ganA in AA4 nematode inhibition was analyzed. The results showed that the B. xylophilus killing activity and B. xylophilus disease prevention in a ganA knockout mutant strain decreased significantly, and the mobility and ability to colonize nematodes of the mutant strain decreased significantly. In addition, compared with the wild-type strain, the ability of the mutant strain to restrict the movement of nematodes was significantly reduced. Therefore, ganA may participate in the process of AA4 killing B. xylophilus by regulating AA4’s ability to colonize B. xylophilus and restrict nematode movement.

Key words: ganA, Enterobacter ludwigii, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, nematocidal activity, colonization

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