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. 2022 Nov 18;9(11):707. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering9110707

Table 5.

MSI application in the research of microbial binary interaction.

Species Ionization Method Compound Research Purpose Reference
Bacillus subtilis vs. Streptomyces coelicolor MALDI Surfactin, plipastatin,
Prodiginines, CDA, SapB
Characterization of bacterial metabolic exchange [111]
Bacillus subtilis vs. Streptomyces coelicolor DESI Actinorhodin, surfactin,
plipastatin
Bacterial interaction [57]
Bacillus subtilis MALDI Sporulation-delaying protein (SDP), sporulation killing factor (SKF) Intraspecies interaction [112]
Streptomyces roseosporus vs. Streptomyces epidermidis MALDI Arylomycins Discovery of bioactive NPs [74]
Bacillus subtilis vs. Staphylococcus aureus MALDI Surfactin, plipastatin, PSMλ, PSMα3 Microbial competition [113]
Streptomyces sp. Mg1 vs. Bacillus subtilis MALDI Polyglutamate, surfactin, plipastatin, chalcomycin A Microbial competition [114]
Streptomyces sp. Mg1 vs. Bacillus subtilis MALDI Surfactin, hydrolyzed surfactin Interspecies competition [115]
Streptomyces coelicolor vs. other five species actinomycetes MALDI and nano-DESI Acyl-desferrioxamine siderophores Interspecies interaction [116]
Endophytic bacteria of Cannabis sativa L vs. Chromobacterium Violaceum MALDI N-acylated L-homoserine lactones (AHLs) Quorum sensing [117]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa vs. Staphylococcus aureus MALDI Pyocyanin, rhamnolipid, 4-hydroxy-2-alkylquinoline (HAQ) derivatives Metabolic profile and interspecies interaction [118]
Paraconiothyrium variabile vs. Bacillus subtilis MALDI Surfactin Investigation of antagonism [119]
Paenibacillus dendritiformis vs. Bacillus subtilis NCIB3610 MALDI Surfactin and its degradations Specific interaction of attractant [120]
Myxococcus xanthus DK1622 vs. Escherichia coli DESI Myxovirescin A,
DKxanthene-560
Investigation of predation process [73]
Janthinobacterium agaricidamnosum vs.
Agaricus bisporus
MALDI Jagaricin A Investigation of the virulence factors of soft rot bacteria [121]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa vs. Aspergillus fumigatus MALDI Fungal siderophores,
phenazine metabolites
Interkingdom metabolic transformation [122]
Paenibacillus polymyxa (Pp56) vs. Fusarium oxysporum MALDI Fusaricidins A, B, C,
lipopeptides
Searching for microbial biocontrol agents [123]
Fusarium solani vs. Achromobacter xylosoxidans MALDI Hexacyclopeptides Discovering metabolites produced by endophytes [124]
Ralstonia solanacearum vs. Aspergillus flavus MALDI Ralsolamycin Interkingdom interaction [125]
Burkholderia seminalis vs. Moniliophthora perniciosa, Phytophthora capsisi, Phytophthora palmivora and Phytophthora citrophtora DESI Phospholipids,
rhamnolipid
Searching for cacao pathogens’ biocontrol agents [126]
Streptomyces sp. (CB0028) vs. Escovopsis sp. (CBAcro424) MALDI Siderophores Searching for natural products in microbial interaction [127]
Ralstonia solanacearum vs. Fusarium fujikuroi and Botrytis cinerea MALDI Ralsolamycin, bikaverin Small molecular induced microbial interaction [128]
Burkholderia cenocepacia 869T2 vs. Phellinus noxius MALDI Pyochelin and its esterification product Dynamic changes of metabolites in microbial interactions [109]
Staphylococcus aureus vs. Pseudomonas aeruginosa MALDI Pyochelin, pyochelin methylester Bacterial competition in vivo [110]
Trichoderma harzianum vs. Moniliophthora roreri DESI T39 butenolide, harzianolide, sorbicillinol Investigation of antagonistic interaction of fungi [129]
Phellinus noxius vs. Aspergillus sp. 3Y and 3G SALDI Sterigmatocystin,
fellutamides
Developing microbial MSI on nanostructured silicon [54]
Penicillium polonicum ACCC31573 vs.
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici 4287
MALDI Fructigenine A and B Screening for antifungal antibiotics [130]
Penicillium digitatum vs. Penicillium citrinum DESI Tryptoquialanines,
15-dimethyl-2-epi-fumiquinazoline A,
deoxytryptoquialanone,
citrinadin A,
deoxycitrinadin A,
chrysogenamide A,
tetrapeptide
Screening for new antifungal compounds [131]
Purpureocillium lilacinum vs. Botrytis cinerea MALDI Leucinostatin Z Searching for new natural products [132]

Note: DESI: desorption electrospray ionization; MALDI: matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization; SALDI: surface-assisted laser desorption/ionization.