Abstract:
In order to explore the antibiotics development potential of the endophytic fungus
Apiospora malaysiana from
Thamnolia subuliformis, the antimicrobial spectrum of
Apiospora malaysiana against common pathogen was determined after comparing the effects of six commonly used methods for determination of
in vitro antimicrobial activity. The effects of storage time, temperature, ultraviolet irradiation time, and pH on the stability of antimicrobial activities of
Apiospora malaysiana in vitro were further investigated by using the most sensitive
Staphylococcus aureus as the indicator bacterium. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the antimicrobial activity of
Apiospora malaysiana in vitro by three methods (plate punching method, filter paper method, and Oxford cup method) (
P>0.05). However, the results of the three fungal inhabition methods showed that the mycelial growth rate method was optimal (inhibition rate of 100%), the effect of the plate confrontation method was much lower than the former (inhibition rate of only 24.0%), and the filter paper diffusion method had no inhibiting effect. The results of
in vitro antimicrobial test showed that
Apiospora malaysiana had strong inhibiting effects on a variety of Gram-positive bacteria and pathogenic fungi, among which
Staphylococcus aureus was the most sensitive (the diameter of the inhibition zone was 18.3 mm, highly sensitive). In addition,
Apiospora malaysiana also had strong antimicrobial activity against pathogenic fungi such as drug-resistant
Candida albicans (highly sensitive),
Botrytis cinerea, and
Rhizoctonia solani (inhibition rate of 100%). The results of the antimicrobial stability test showed that different storage time, temperature, and ultraviolet irradiation time had no significant effects on the
in vitro antimicrobial activity of
Apiospora malaysiana (
P>0.05), but pH had a great effect on its
in vitro antimicrobial activity (
P<0.05). When pH was lower than the background pH (5.5) of the extract, the diameter of the inhibition zone decreased. When pH was adjusted to higher than the background pH of the extract, the
in vitro antimicrobial activity of
Apiospora malaysiana disappeared. The results showed that the endophytic fungus
Apiospora malaysiana from
Thamnolia subuliformis had broad and great antimicrobial activity, and its antimicrobial stability
in vitro was strong under normal conditions, which had the potential to be further developed into antibiotics and food preservatives.