Fig. 1
From: A prophage tail-like protein is deployed by Burkholderia bacteria to feed on fungi
Mycophagous interaction of B. gladioli strain NGJ1 with R. solani. a Confrontation of NGJ1 with R. solani on PDA and CDA plates. Initially by 3 dpi, the bacteria showed antifungal activity while by 7 dpi, the bacteria were found growing over the entire fungal biomass. The growth patterns of R. solani and NGJ1 on both PDA and CDA plates are shown individually. b NGJ1 treatment inhibited the ability of R. solani to form secondary sclerotia. The sclerotia collected from NGJ1 confrontation plate (R. solani + NGJ1) failed to germinate on fresh PDA or acidified PDA plates while those collected from the untreated plates (R. solani alone) showed proper growth. c MTT staining of R. solani mycelia with and without NGJ1 treatment. The absence of color in bacterial-treated mycelia suggests cell death. Similar results were obtained in at least three independent experiments
