The Identification of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol as an Antifungal Metabolite Produced by Cutaneous Bacteria of the Salamander <Emphasis Type="Italic">Plethodon cinereus</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Robert M Brucker Cambria M Baylor Robert L Walters Antje Lauer Reid N Harris Kevin P C Minbiole |
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Affiliation: | (1) Departments of Biology and Chemistry, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA |
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Abstract: | Beneficial bacteria that live on salamander skins have the ability to inhibit pathogenic fungi. Our study aimed to identify
the specific chemical agent(s) of this process and asked if any of the antifungal compounds known to operate in analogous
plant–bacteria–fungi systems were present. Crude extracts of bacteria isolated from salamander skin were exposed to HPLC,
UV-Vis, GC-MS, and HR-MS analyses. These investigations show that 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol is produced by the bacteria isolate
Lysobacter gummosus (AB161361), which was found on the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus. Furthermore, exposure of the amphibian fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (isolate JEL 215), to different concentrations of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol resulted in an IC50 value of 8.73 μM, comparable to crude extract concentrations. This study is the first to show that an epibiotic bacterium
on an amphibian species produces a chemical that inhibits pathogenic fungi. |
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Keywords: | Beneficial bacteria Chytridiomycosis 2 4-diacetylphloroglucinol Plethodon cinereus Lysobacter gummosus Pathogenic fungi Salamander |
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