Observation of the Antimicrobial Activities of Two Actinomycetes in the Harvester Ant Messor orientalis.

ABSTRACT: Observations have shown that seeds collected by harvester ants are less likely to mold. Based on evolutionary analysis and other research, it was hypothesized that harvester ants could apply actinomycetes to protect seeds, similar to the protection of mutualistic fungi by leafcutter ants. Two actinomycetes were successfully isolated from the harvester ant Messor orientalis. The taxonomic status of the actinomycetes was determined by 16S rRNA sequence analysis and biochemical experimental observations. Their inhibitory effects on plant pathogens were measured. One of the bacteria was identified as Brachybacterium phenoliresistens and denoted as B. phenoliresistens MO. The other belonged to the genus Microbacterium. It was named Microbacterium sp. Growth ra

SUBMITTER: Wu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9408877 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature