Guangxi Zhiwu (Apr 2023)
Diversity and bioactivity of culturable bacteria from Acanthus ebracteatus
Abstract
Acanthus ebracteatus is a special kind of rare mangrove plant, possessing great medicinal value. In this paper, in order to study the diversity of endophytic and rhizosphere culturable bacteria in the A. ebracteatus, we explored new potential bacterial species and strains with special biological activities. The culturable bacteria were isolated from A. ebracteatus by dilution separation method. The bacterial diversity was investigated based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. In addition, the confrontation experiment and lawn predation assay were utilized to screen bacteria with anti-microorganism activities. The results were as follows: (1) A total of 144 culturable bacteria were isolated from A. ebracteatus root, stems, leaves, flowers and rhizosphere soil. These bacteria were affiliated into 66 species based on the analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequence. The bacterial genera Bacillus and Streptomyces were dominant in plant tissue and rhizosphere soil with that of the value 15.1% and 13.6%, respectively. (2) The bioactivity assays revealed that there were 29 strains with anti-fungal activity and 10 strain possessing a broad spectrum of anti-fungal activity. Among them, the Streptomyces strains had the strongest antagonistic effect, and the active strain Y129 was a potential new species. (3) A total of five strains showed predation activity on Staphylococcus aureus, multi-drug resistance Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli. Pseudomonas had the strongest predatory activity, and the active strain Y90 was a potential new species. In conclusion, A. ebracteatus and their rhizosphere soil contain rich bacterial germplasm resources and have a variety of functional strains, which can be used as one of the sources of biocontrol bacteria and medicinal bacteria. This study provides the theoretical reference for improving the efficacy and cultivation of A. ebracteatus.
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