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A new antifungal compound from Streptomyces diastatochromogenes

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Novel antifungal compounds effective against phytopathogenic fungiwere identified by evaluating an n-butanol extract obtained from the fermentation broth of Streptomyces diastatochromogenes strain No.1628. The extract exhibited had strong antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea , Fusarium oxysporum , and Rhizoctonia solani , markedly reducing the spore germination rates of F. oxysporum and B. cinerea to 25.65% and 28.23%, respectively, at a concentration of 35 mg/L. In vivo efficacy assays further demonstated that the extract achieved disease control efficiencies of 53.42% and 55.68% against Rhizoctonia rot following irrigation at 10 mg/L for 14 and 21 days, respectively. Subsequent chemical investigation led to the isolation of five antifungal compounds from the n-butanol extract: the novel tetraene macrolide, which was structurally elucidated through spectroscopic analysis as (7E,12Z,13E,15E,17E,19E)-21- ((4-amino-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyltetrahydro-2 H-pyran-2-yl)oxy -)-12-ethylidene-1,5,6,25-tetrahydroxy-11-methyl-9-oxo-10,27-dioxabi-cyclo[21.3.1] -heptacosa-7,13,15,17,19-pentaene-24-carboxylic acid (compound 1 ), and four other already known antifungal agents, namely tetrin B ( 2 ), tetramycin A ( 3 ), toyocamycin ( 4 ) and anisomycin ( 5 ). Compound 1 exhibited potent inhibitory activity against the hyphal growth of R. solani , F. oxysporum , and B. cinerea , with IC 50 values of 0.20, 1.28, and 1.53 µg/mL, respectively. These fundings underscore S. diastatochromogenes as a promising microbial source for the discovery of natural antifungal agents.

Source: BMC Biotechnology

DOI: 10.1186/s12896-025-01012-1