Production, Purification and Antifungal Activity of Antibiotic Substances Produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain B5

Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain B5 with antagonistic activity against Phytophthora capsici and Magnaporthe grisea, was isolated from pepper-growing soil. From the culture of P. aeruginosa strain B5 grown on King's medium B, antibiotic substances were purified using XAD-2 column chromatography. XAD-2 eluates inhibited not only the mycelial growth of P. capsid and M. grisea, but also the development of Phytophthora blight on pepper plants. The crude antibiotic substances were further purified by using silica gel column chromatography, Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography, thin layer chromatography on silica gel plates, and high performance liquid chromatography. Silica gel column chromatogrphy gave good separation of the four antibiotic substances. The pure antibiotics P1, P2, and P3 finally purified by preparative HPLC inhibited the mycelial growth of P. capsici, at concentrations from 7 to 10 . Only P1 and P2 had antifungal activity against M. grisea at 8 . P1 and P3 were highly inhibitory to the mycelial growth of Botryosphaeria dothidea and Botrytis cinerea at relatively low concentrations. However, the three antibiotics had no antifungal activity against Rhizoctonia solani. The chemical structures of these antibiotics are being identified.