Mutual interaction of the entomopathogenic and endophytic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae with zearalenone as a native component of crude Fusarium extract.

ABSTRACT: The present study revealed the consequences of the interaction of a widely used bioinsecticide and endophyte Metarhizium anisopliae with the hazardous mycotoxin zearalenone (ZEN) as a pure substance and with ZEN as a native component of a crude Fusarium extract. In the environment, microorganisms encounter a mixture of metabolites secreted by other organisms living in the same area, not single substances. The obtained results suggest that M. anisopliae, exposed to a variety of active substances produced by Fusarium graminearum, is able to eliminate ZEN. Within 14 days, M. anisopliae biotransformed 90.8% and 85.8% of ZEN as a pure substance and ZEN as a native component of the F. graminearum extract from Rice Medium (E-Fg-RM), respectively, through reduction predominantly to α-epimers of ze

SUBMITTER: Nowak M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11438985 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature