Strains of <i>Aureobasidium pullulans</i> from Extreme Environments: New Potential Biocontrol Agents?

ABSTRACT: Extreme environments are a largely unexplored reservoir of microbial diversity, with a remarkable potential to be exploited in agriculture. One hundred and seventeen yeast isolates, derived from different ecosystems in Italy, Sweden, Algeria, and France, were molecularly identified, and the most represented genus was Aureobasidium (57%). A phylogenetic analysis based on a multi-locus sequence typing (ITS, ELO, EF-1alpha) was conducted to characterize the black yeasts' population. To investigate A. pullulans extremophilic and extremotolerant behaviour, different temperatures and pH, together with the enzymatic production, were evaluated. The strains were tested by in vitro and in vivo assays against the postharvest fungal pathogen Monilinia fructicola as potentia

SUBMITTER: Lucci M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12654642 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature