Assessment of the antifungal activity of the violacein-forming strain Janthinobacterium sp. B-3515 against the mould fungus Alternaria brassicicola F-1864

Abstract

Abstract A study of antifungal properties of violacein-forming strain Janthinobacterium sp. B-3515 as well as its secondary metabolite, violacein, against Alternaria brassicicola F-1864 is presented. Regardless of the presence of bacteria, mycelium growth in the first two days proceeded at the same rate. The effect of the bacterial strain was manifested after the third day of incubation. In general, during co-culture, the bacterial strain statistically significantly reduced the average growth of the mycelium of the mould fungus by 10%. The average growth of A. brassicicola F-1864 was decreased in the presence of an aqueous solution of violacein in the nutrient medium (1%, 3%, and 5%). The pigment in 5% concentration had the greatest effect, as the difference between the average growth of the control group and the experimental group was 18%. The mycostatic activity of bacteria of genus Janthinobacterium and violacein against mould fungus Alternaria brassicicola F-1864 was shown for the first time.