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. 2015 Oct 6;6:1056. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01056

Table 2.

Growth inhibition, determined in dual plate assays, of phytopathogenic fungi exposed to diffusible substances produced by six bacteria isolated from bean rhizosphere.

Phytopathogenic fungal strainsa Treatmentsb,c
Control USB2101 USB2102 USB2103 USB2104 USB2105 USB2106
Botrytis cinerea USB-F1131 1.6±0.04 0* 1.1±0.03* 1.5±0.03 0* 0.8±0.05* 1.1±0.03*
B. cinerea USB-F1636 1.6±0.06 1.1±0.03* 1.1±0.03* 1.5±0.02 0.8±0.06* 1.3±0.03* 1.3±0.04*
Fusarum equiseti USB-F2014 2.8±0.03 2.0±0.06* 2.6±0.03** 2.6±0.02 2.7±0.03 2.7±0.05 2.7±0.04
F. oxysporum USB-F1 2.8±0.04 2.1±0.03* 2.3±0.04* 2.6±0.04** 2.1±0.04* 2.4±0.04* 2.3±0.03*
F. oxysporum USB-F111 5.8±0.04 2.7±0.03* 3.4±0.05* 5.6±0.04** 4.7±0.06* 4.4±0.04* 4.7±0.05*
F. solani USB-F607 5.6±0.03 3.4±0.05* 3.2±0.02* 4.6±0.05* 3.3±0.06* 4.5±0.07* 4.6±0.06*
Macrophomina phaseolina USB-F918 5.9±0.04 3.1±0.03* 3.3±0.04* 5.8±0.03 3.4±0.04* 4.2±0.04* 4.3±0.04*
Phytophthora cactorum USB-F876 1.7±0.02 0.6±0.06* 1.1±0.03* 1.8±0.05 1.1±0.03* 1.3±0.04* 1.3±0.05*
P. cactorum USB-F1168 1.8±0.03 0.5±0.03* 1.1±0.03* 1.8±0.05 1.1±0.04* 1.3±0.05* 1.3±0.06*
P. nicotianae USB-F172 2.2±0.07 2.1±0.04 1.5±0.02* 2.0±0.04** 2.0±0.03 2.0±0.03 2.1±0.05
Pythium ultimum USB-F2 6.0±0.05 5.1±0.03* 5.3±0.03* 5.5±0.05* 5.3±0.04* 5.3±0.07* 5.3±0.05*
Rhizoctonia solani USB-F3 6.5±0.05 5.6±0.05* 5.6±0.03* 6.6±0.06 5.5±0.05* 6.5±0.04 6.4±0.06
Rosellinia necatrix USB-F587 5.5±0.04 3.1±0.03* 1.7±0.05* 5.4±0.03 3.1±0.04* 5.3±0.03 4.5±0.05*
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum USB-F593 5.6±0.04 2.7±0.07* 3.4±0.05* 5.5±0.06 3.4±0.05* 4.8±0.03* 3.4±0.03*
S. sclerotiorum USB-F853 3.6±0.04 1.6±0.05* 1.6±0.06* 3.6±0.03 1.6±0.04* 3.5±0.05 1.6±0.03*
Verticillium dahliae USB-F464 1.7±0.02 1.2±0.03* 1.5±0.03* 1.6±0.03* 1.1±0.03* 1.5±0.04* 1.6±0.03*
V. dahliae ITM-1910 1.7±0.03 1.1±0.03* 1.5±0.03** 1.6±0.03 1.0±0.02* 1.3±0.03* 1.4±0.03*
a

Microorganisms were grown on KBA (King et al., 1954).

b

Results are shown in centimeters ± standard error of mycelium growth.

c

Control, fungus inoculated without bacteria; bacterial isolates attributable, on the basis of the partial 16SrDNA sequencing, to Pseudomonas brassicacearum (USB2101, USBB2102, and USB2104); Bacillus megaterium (USB2103) and Pseudomonas putida (USB2105 and USB2106).

*

P ≤ 0.001.

**

0.001 < P < 0.05.