63 resultados para immobilised Streptomyces
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia - IQ
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia - IQ
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Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Proteção de Plantas) - FCA
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Pós-graduação em Agronomia (Proteção de Plantas) - FCA
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
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Pinus taeda is one of the main timber trees in Brazil, occupying 1.8 million ha with an annual productivity of 25-30 m(3) ha(-1). Another important species is Araucaria angustifolia, belonging to the fragile Rainforest biome, which for decades has been a major source of timber in Brazil. Some diseases that affect the roots and/or the stem of these trees and cause "damping-off" of the seedlings, with economic and environmental losses for the forest sector, are caused by the plant pathogenic fungi Fusarium sp. or Armillaria sp. This research project intended to isolate actinobacteria from the Araucaria rhizosphere, which present an antagonistic effect against these fungi. After the selection of the best pathogen inhibitors, morphologic characteristics, enzyme production, and their effect on the growth of Pinus taeda were studied. The actinobacteria were tested for their antagonistic capacity against Fusarium sp. in Petri plates with PDA as substrate. The inhibition zone was measured after 3, 5, 7, and 10 days. Of all the isolates tested, only two of them maintained inhibition zones up to 4 mm for 10 days. The inhibition of Armillaria sp. was tested in liquid medium and also in Petri dishes through the evaluation of the number of the fungal rhizomorphs in dual culture with the actinobacteria. It was found that all five isolates were able to inhibit the rhizomorph production, with the best performance of the isolate A43, which was capable of inhibiting both fungi, Fusarium and Armillaria. In a greenhouse experiment, the effect of five isolates on the growth of Pinus taeda seedlings was tested. Plant height, stem diameter, root and shoot dry matter were determined. The Streptomyces isolate A43 doubled plant growth. These results may lead to the development of new technologies in the identification of still unknown bacterial metabolites and new management techniques to control forest plant diseases.
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
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As formigas da tribo Attini mantêm uma associação com actinobactérias encontradas nos biofilmes presentes no integumento desses insetos. Dentre as actinobactérias associadas às formigas Attini, os gêneros Pseudonocardia e Streptomyces são considerados prevalentes. Estudos indicam que essas bactérias auxiliam na defesa do jardim contra patógenos através da secreção de compostos antimicrobianos. Recentemente foi sugerido que tais bactérias podem ser importantes na defesa do próprio inseto, especialmente contra entomopatógenos. Duas teorias principais foram propostas para explicar as interações entre actinobactérias, formigas Attini e o microfungo parasita Escovopsis. Uma delas defende a coevolução entre esses organismos e a outra rejeita a existência da mesma, argumentando que a interação formiga-actinobactéria é uma simbiose aberta. Neste trabalho, avaliamos a interação entre actinobactérias e Escovopsis em experimentos in vitro. Um total de 14 linhagens de actinobactérias, compreendendo 12 de Pseudonocardia, uma de Streptomyces e uma de Actinoplanes, isoladas de Trachymyrmex (um gênero de formiga Attini não cortadeira) foram testadas frente a quatro linhagens de Escovopsis. Os Escovopsis foram isolados tanto de jardins de fungos de formigas Trachymyrmex quanto de cortadeiras de folhas (Acromyrmex e Atta). O crescimento micelial de Escovopsis (em cm²) foi medido na presença e na ausência (controle) das actinobactérias. Os resultados demonstraram que todas as actinobactérias testadas inibiram Escovopsis, mas as taxas de inibição foram variáveis dependendo da linhagem da actinobactéria (p < 0,05). A linhagem de Streptomyces foi a mais efetiva, corroborando dados da literatura que indicam que outros micro-organismos, além de Pseudonocardia, também apresentam ação inibitória frente à Escovopsis... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo)
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Pós-graduação em Microbiologia Agropecuária - FCAV
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Glucose biosensors based on lyophilised, crystalline and cross-linked glucose oxidase (GOx, CLEC(R)) and commercially available lyophilised GOx immobilised on top of glassy carbon electrodes modified with electrodeposited Prussian Blue are critically compared. Two procedures were carried out for preparing the biosensors: (1) deposition of one layer of adsorbed GOx dissolved in an aqueous solution followed by deposition of two layers of low molecular weight Nafion(R) dissolved in 90% ethanol, and (2) deposition of two layers of a mixture of GOx with Nafion dissolved in 90% ethanol. The performance of the biosensors was evaluated in terms of linear response range for hydrogen peroxide and glucose, detection limit, and susceptibility to some common interfering species (ascorbic acid, acetaminophen and uric acid). The operational stability of the biosensors was evaluated by applying a steady potential of -50 mV versus Ag/AgCl to the glucose biosensor and injecting standard solutions of hydrogen peroxide and glucose (50 muM and 1.0 mM, respectively, in phosphate buffer) for at least 5 h in a flow-injection system. Scanning electron microscopy was used for visualisation of the Prussian Blue redox catalyst and in the presence of the different GOx preparations on the electrode surface. (C) 2001 Elsevier B.V. B.V. All rights reserved.