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Fifty-two fungal isolates obtained from seawater were screened for anti-nematode activity. One isolate, an Acremonium sp., exhibited the highest activity against the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. When it was grown at pH 7.0 and 24–26 °C, nematicidal metabolites were produced. These were heat-stable, water-soluble molecules with MWs <6 kDa. Nematicidal activity was highest at neutral pH.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC30971904). We are grateful to Dr. JinSheng SUN for providing the seawater samples from Bohai-Bay, Tianjin, China.
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Meng, Q., Shi, X., Meng, F. et al. Isolation of an Acremonium sp. from a screening of 52 seawater fungal isolates and preliminary characterization of its growth conditions and nematicidal activity. Biotechnol Lett 34, 1847–1850 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-012-0967-7
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