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The Mycotoxin Zearalenone Hinders Candida albicans Biofilm Formation and Hyphal Morphogenesis
Rajasekharan, Satish Kumar,Lee, Jin-Hyung,Zhao, Yueju,Lee, Jintae Springer-Verlag 2018 Indian journal of microbiology Vol.58 No.1
<P>Yeast-mold mycobiota inhabit several natural ecosystems, in which symbiotic relationships drive strategic pathoadaptation. Mycotoxins are metabolites produced by diverse mycotoxigenic fungi as a defense against yeasts, though at times yeasts secrete enzymes that degrade, detoxify, or bio-transform mycotoxins. The present study is focused on the in vitro inhibitory effects of zearalenone (ZEN), a F2 mycotoxin produced by several Fusarium and Gibberella species, on different microbial strains. ZEN exhibited no effect on the planktonic growth or biofilms of several Gram positive and negative bacteria at the tested concentrations. Remarkably, Candida albicans biofilm formation and hyphal morphogenesis were significantly inhibited when treated with 100 A mu g/mL of ZEN. Likewise, ZEN proficiently disrupted pre-formed C. albicans biofilms without disturbing planktonic cells. Furthermore, these inhibitions were confirmed by crystal violet staining and XTT reduction assays and by confocal and scanning electron microscopy. In an in vivo model, ZEN significantly suppressed C. albicans infection in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The study reports the in vitro antibiofilm efficacy of ZEN against C. albicans strains, and suggests mycotoxigenic fungi participate in asymmetric competitive interactions, such as, amensalism or antibiosis, rather than commensal interactions with C. albicans, whereby mycotoxins secreted by fungi destroy C. albicans biofilms.</P>
Molecular Characterization of Atoxigenic Aspergillus flavus Isolates Collected in China
DandanWei,Lu Zhou,Jonathan Nimal Selvaraj,Chushu Zhang,Fuguo Xing,Yueju Zhao,Yan Wang,Yang Liu 한국미생물학회 2014 The journal of microbiology Vol.52 No.7
Aspergillus flavus strains were isolated from peanut fields of Liaoning, Shandong, Hubei and Guangdong Provinces in China, and identified through phenotypic and molecular approaches. Of the 323 A. flavus strains isolated, 76 strains did not produce aflatoxins detectable by UPLC. The incidenceof atoxigenic A. flavus strains decreased with increase in temperature and increased with increase in latitude indifferent geographical locations. Amplification of all the aflatoxingenes in the aflatoxin gene cluster in the atoxigenic isolates showed that there were 25 deletion patterns (A-Y),with 22 deletion patterns identified for the first time. Most ofthe atoxigenic A. flavus isolates with gene deletions (97%) had deletions in at least one of the four genes (aflT, nor-1,aflR, and hypB), indicating that these four genes could be targeted for rapid identification of atoxigenic strains. The atoxigenic isolates with gene deletions, especially the isolates with large deletions, are potential candidates for aflatoxin control.