ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Biodiversity of Microorganisms
in the Aquatic Environment as a Source
for Combating Phytopathogenic Fungi
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National Collection of Non-pathogenic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology of the Technical
University of Moldova, 1 Academiei Str., MD-2028, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Submission date: 2023-10-12
Final revision date: 2023-11-15
Acceptance date: 2023-12-09
Online publication date: 2024-04-15
Publication date: 2024-04-18
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Tamara Sirbu
National Collection of Non-pathogenic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology of the Technical
University of Moldova, 1 Academiei Str., MD-2028, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2024;33(4):3859-3868
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The protection of plants from diseases is mainly based on the use of chemical pesticides against
pathogenic agents of fungal or bacterial etiology. That is why, in the past two decades, much attention
has been paid to the development of ecological biological methods of combating plant diseases, which
are considered an alternative to the traditional use of chemical pesticides. The aquatic environment
is a good source for the detection of new strains of antagonistic microorganisms in relation to
phytopathogens. The aim of the research was to determine the potential of the biodiversity of the
microbiota isolated from the aquatic environment to combat the development of phytopathogenic
fungi. Among actinobacteria, maximal inhibition of test cultures was achieved by strains of the genera
Streptomyces (against A. alternata), Micromonospora (against A. niger), Actinoplanes, and Nocardia
(against F. oxysporum). Bacteria of the genera Bacillus and Micrococcus possess the highest activity
against A. alternata, B. cinerea, and F. oxysporum. The highest activity against phytopathogenic
fungi was achieved by micromycetes of the genus Trichoderma (growth inhibition zones reached
40.0 mm). Cyanobacteria Oscillatoria brevis and Oscillatoria acutissima are active against A. niger
and F. oxysporum, respectively. As a result, strains that were promising for use in phytosanitary
control were discovered.