TY - JOUR
T1 - Screening and identification of yeasts antagonistic to pathogenic fungi show a narrow optimal ph range for antagonistic activity
AU - Chen, Pei Hua
AU - Chou, Jui Yu
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the members of the Chou lab for helpful discussion and comments on the manuscript. This work was supported by grants from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (NSC102-2311-B-018-001-MY2 and MOST 104-2311-B-018-001 to J.-Y. Chou).
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Microbes have evolved ways of interference competition to gain advantage over their ecological competitors. The use of secreted antagonistic compounds by yeast cells is one of the prominent examples. Although this killer behavior has been thoroughly studied in laboratory yeast strains, our knowledge of the antagonistic specificity of killer effects in nature remains limited. In this study, yeast strains were collected from various niches and screened for antagonistic activity against one toxin-sensitive strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and three pathogenic fungi. We demonstrate that some strains with antagonistic activity against these pathogenic fungi can be found in antagonist culture tests. These yeasts were identified as members of Trichosporon asahii, Candida stellimalicola, Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Ustilago esculenta, Aureobasidium pullulans, and Pichia kluyveri. The results indicated that the antagonistic activity of these killer yeasts has a narrow optimal pH range. Furthermore, we found that the antagonistic activity of some species is strain-dependent.
AB - Microbes have evolved ways of interference competition to gain advantage over their ecological competitors. The use of secreted antagonistic compounds by yeast cells is one of the prominent examples. Although this killer behavior has been thoroughly studied in laboratory yeast strains, our knowledge of the antagonistic specificity of killer effects in nature remains limited. In this study, yeast strains were collected from various niches and screened for antagonistic activity against one toxin-sensitive strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and three pathogenic fungi. We demonstrate that some strains with antagonistic activity against these pathogenic fungi can be found in antagonist culture tests. These yeasts were identified as members of Trichosporon asahii, Candida stellimalicola, Wickerhamomyces anomalus, Ustilago esculenta, Aureobasidium pullulans, and Pichia kluyveri. The results indicated that the antagonistic activity of these killer yeasts has a narrow optimal pH range. Furthermore, we found that the antagonistic activity of some species is strain-dependent.
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U2 - 10.5604/17331331.1234997
DO - 10.5604/17331331.1234997
M3 - Article
C2 - 29359688
AN - SCOPUS:85028941296
VL - 66
SP - 101
EP - 106
JO - Polish Journal of Microbiology
JF - Polish Journal of Microbiology
SN - 1733-1331
IS - 1
ER -