What is it about?
This paper compares the metabolites produced by two Beauveria bassiana strains, grown separately and in co-culture. B. bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungal species and, when two strains were grown in co-culture, there were some important metabolic changes. These changes increases fungal virulence, growth and resistance to stress, also elevating its entomopathogenic potential.
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Why is it important?
Beauveria bassiana is an entomopathogenic fungal species, which means it can infect and kill some agricultural harmfull insects. The metabolic changes showed by the co-culture are of summary importance to agricultural pest control, due to its elevated virulece and resistance to stress. This result shows that two strains of B. bassiana, when co-cultured, has more entomopathogenic potencial than when cultured separately. This co-culture may be used in pest management with greater potential than the strains cultured alone.
Perspectives
I believe this paper has important prospects due to its differentiated approach, showing that fungal consortia (two or more fungal strains) may be more effective in agricultural pest management than single strains. It provides important data regarding integrated pest management (IPM) and opens a new door to future studies focused in IPM, where co-culteres may be used more efficiently, reducing even, the use of agrochemicals.
Andressa Stuart
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This page is a summary of: Fungal consortium of two Beauveria bassiana strains increases their virulence, growth, and resistance to stress: A metabolomic approach, PLoS ONE, July 2022, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271460.
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