Determining the effectiveness of Candida guilliermondii in the biological control of Rhizopus stolonifer in postharvest tomatoes
Determinación de la efectividad del control biológico de Rhizopus stolonifer en tomates poscosecha utilizando candida guilliermondii
Determinação da efetividade do controlo biológico de Rhizopus stolonifer em tomates poscosecha utilizando candida guilliermondii
Crispin Celis Zambrano1, Gerardo Moreno Duran2, Luis Gonzalo Sequeda-Castañeda1, Andrea García Caicedo1, Diana Marcela Albarracín2, Luz Claudia Barreto Charry2
Edited by Alberto Acosta
1Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C. Colombia.
2Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá D.C. Colombia.
Funding: Vicerrectoría Academica at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Bogotá ]]>
Received: 16-10-2013 Accepted: 21-11-2013 Published on line: 21-12-2013
Para citar este artículo / To cite this article
Celis C, Moreno G, Sequeda-Castañeda L, García A, Albarracín D, Barreto L (2014) Determining the effectiveness of biological control of Rhizopus stolonifer in tomatoes postharvest decay using Candida guilliermondii. Universitas Scientiarum 19(1): 51-62 doi: 10.11144/Javeriana.SC19-1.debc
Resumen
Las alteraciones de frutos de tomate poscosecha por causas microbiológicas conllevan a su deterioro fisiológico produciendo su descomposición. En este estudio, Candida guilliermondii fue examinada en ensayos in vitro e in vivo para determinar su eficacia en el control biológico contra Rhizopus stolonifer en tomates (Lycopersicon esculentum). El efecto antagónico se llevo a cabo usando biomasa de la levadura y sus metabolitos los cuales se identificados en un cromatógrafo gases-masas. Los ensayos in vitro mostraron que la única fase con respuesta antagónica al patógeno fue la fase acuosa sin filtrar. En los ensayos in vivo, la biomasa de Candida guilliermondii presento el mayor porcentaje de protección contra el patógeno (87 %) en comparación con la fase acuosa sin filtrar y la fase orgánica sin concentrar que presentaron el 77 y 80 % de protección respectivamente. Estos resultados son de gran importancia para evitar las perdidas económicas además de garantizar un tiempo de vida mas largo del tomate asegurando una mejor distribución del producto y evitando sus perdidas en estos tiempos de crisis alimentaria en especial en países en desarrollo.
Palabras clave: Control biológico; Candida guilliermondii; Rhizopus stolonifer; tomates (Lycopersicon esculentum).
Abstract
Post-harvest losses in tomato crops can be accredited to a number of causes, which include biological causes that produce physiological deterioration; infection caused by diseases and pests that cause rotting. In this study, we assayed, in vitro and in vivo, the yeast Candida guilliermondii to determine its effectiveness as a biocontrol to reduce the rotting produced by Rhizopus stolonifer on tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum). The antagonistic effect was tested using a yeast biomass suspension; gas chromatography and a mass selective detector were used to identify its metabolites. According to the in vitro test, the only phase with an antagonistic response against Rhi%opus stolonifer was the unfiltered water phase. In the in vivo tests, the biomass of Candida guilliermondii presented the highest percentage of protection of the tomato (87 %) compared with the unfiltered aqueous phase and the unconcentrated organic phase, which reached only 77 and 80 % respectively. These results are essential to avoid economic losses caused by fungi and to increase the shelf life of tomatoes improving the distribution of the product and preventing postharvest losses in this time of food crises, especially in developing countries.
Keywords: Biological control; Candida guilliermondii; Rhizopus stolonifer; tomato; Lycopersicon esculentum.
As perdas pós-colheita de frutos de tomate são creditadas em várias fontes, incluindo causas biológicas que levam ao deterioro fisiológico e infecção por doenças e pragas que podem levar à sua decomposição. Neste estudo, a levedura Candidaguilliermondii foi examinada in vitro e in vivo para determinar a sua eficácia no controlo biológico de Rhizopus stolonifer em tomates (Lycopersicon esculentum). O efeito antagonista realizou-se utilizando biomassa de levedura e os seus metabolitos, os quais foram identificados por cromatografia gasosa acoplada a um detector selectivo de massa. Os ensaios in vitro mostraram que a única fase com resposta antagonista a Rhizopus stolonifer foi a fase aquosa não filtrada. Nos ensaios in vivo, a biomassa Candida guilliermondii teve a maior percentagem de protecção contra o patógeno (87%) em comparação com a fase aquosa não filtrada e a fase orgânica não concentrada apresentando 77 e 80 % de protecção, respectivamente. Estes resultados são muito importantes para evitar perdas económicas causadas por fungos, além de garantir ao tomate uma vida útil mais longa, o que assegura uma melhor distribuição do produto e evita perdas pós-colheita neste momento de crise alimentar, especialmente nos países em desenvolvimento.
Palavras-chave: Controlo biológico; Candida guilliermondii:, Rhizopus stolonifer; tomates (Lycopersicon esculentum).
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Introduction
The tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) is one of the most popular fruits in the world; it is consumed in large quantities. Because of its huge production potential, it can be cultivated in a variety of climates and soils (Nuez 2001). Globally, the annual production of tomatoes is approximately 160 million tons, about 21 % is lost due to biological diseases; this represents a large economic loss for producers and marketers (FAO 2012). This fruit has a short shelf life. Its production can be affected by inadequate farming and harvesting techniques as well as various environmental factors such as temperature and humidity (FAO 1997), which can originate physiopathies such as blossom end rot, sunburn, fissured fruit and nutrient deficiencies (Jones et al. 1991, Heuvelink 2005). Fungi can also affect tomatoes; these fungi include Fusarium oxysporium, Fusarium moniliform, Aspergillus niger and Rhizppus stolonifer (Onuegbu 2002). The latter, Rhi%ppus stolonifer, causes soft rot on tomatoes; its rapid growth and easy transmission through handling and damaging of the fruits can generate significant economic losses during the postharvest phase (Badawy & Rabea 2009). The first option for controlling tomato postharvest diseases is the use of synthetic fungicides. The use of these fungicides has been challenged worldwide due to the severe environmental problems they cause and rapid resistance developed by the bacterium, which renders their use ineffective (Spadaro & Gullino 2004, 2010, Domínguez et al. 2012). Biological control of phytopathogens during postharvest storage is a promising alternative; it is innocuous to the environment, favored from a public health perspective and positive economically (Cook et al. 1992, Morin et al. 2009). Because of their antagonistic capacity against other microorganisms, yeasts have been recognized as potential biocontrol agent (Cook et al. 1999). Some species of yeast such as Candida sake and Candida pulcherrima can colonize tomato plant stem-wounds and control gray mold (Cook et al. 1997, Dik et al. 1999). Other yeast such as Rhodotorula glutinis and Cryptococcus albidus can penetrate tomato leaves to control Botrytis cinerea (Elad 2000). Scanning electron microscopy revealed that heat treatment at 38 °C for 24 h inhibited hyphae growth and spore germination of R. stolonifer on fruit wounds while P. guilliermondii multiplied rapidly; its cells had a strong capability of adhesion to the hyphae of R. stolonifer. However, the heat treatment seriously affected P. guilliermondii, therefore, P. guilliermondii should be applied after heat treatment (Wisniewski et al. 1991, Zhao et al. 2010). Cryptococcus laurentii has been reported to be a depressor of postharvest decay of cherry tomatoes caused by B. cinerea and Pythium aphanidermatum Edson (Xi & Tian 2005). Yeast has also been reported as a biocontrol for blue mold on citrus fruits, as well as the mode of action of an isolate of Pichia guilliermondii; the activity against the pathogen declined when the number of yeast cells inoculated in the wound was reduced. Cell numbers increased by up to 60-fold within 24 h, despite it demonstrating good abilities to colonize the wound site and grow rapidly, (Arras et al. 1998). The examination of tomato peel colonization by the endophyte yeast, Candida guilliermondii, revealed that it is an endophytic yeast capable of entering through the healthy cuticle of ripe tomatoes and colonizing apoplastic spaces without causing damage to plant tissues. The dynamics of colonization and the speed of yeast migration into the fruit were established during the first 70 hours (Infante-Luna et al. 2012). Candida guillermondii is an opportunistic microorganism, usually harmless to a healthy host. It has been isolated from many human infections, typically of cutaneous origin; it has been also isolated from healthy skin and found in sea water, animal feces, fig wasps, buttermilk, leather, fish, beer, pickle brine, cured meats, olives and tomatoes; however, the consumption of these foods is not likely to cause these infections (Palumbo & Harris 2011). The U.S Food and Drug Administration classified a Candida guillermondii culture collection (ATCC No. 20474) as nonpathogenic and nontoxicogenic organism suggesting that C. guillermondii is microbiologically safe (FDA 2013).
The examination of how yeasts work and of their real potential postharvest protection of tomatoes is vital. Fittingly, in this study we evaluated the antagonistic effects of Candida guilliermondii and its metabolites, inoculated separately or in combination into tomatoes to control postharvest decay caused by Rhizopus stolonifer using in vivo and in vitro assays.
Materials and methods
We firstly isolated Candida guilliermondii from a heterograft tomato crop (HGTC) in Sogamoso (Boyacá-Colombia) and subsequently classified it by API 20 as Candida spp. We then characterized it as Candida guilliermondii by molecular methods used by Borrero (2011) and stored in it in the microorganism bank of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ). We transferred 3 mL of preserved strain to 20 mL of Sabouraud's broth (Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany) and incubated it at 30 °C for 5 days. Following the standardized protocols of the microbiological chemistry laboratory of the PUJ, we plated the new cells obtained on Sabouraud agar (Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany) to confirm their purity using macroscopic and microscopic observations. A pure pre-inoculum of 200 mL was transferred to a batch reactor (5 L) using two liters of Sabouraud's broth. The fermentation was carried out for 36 hours according to the description made by Borrero (2011). We filtered a half-liter of fermented medium using a 0.45 urn membrane (Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany) to obtain the filtered aqueous phase and the Candida guilliermondii biomass.
Metabolite extraction and identification: We isolated the metabolites produced by Candida guilliermondii from the filtered aqueous phase using a continuous liquid-liquid (L-L) extractor (Sigma-Aldrich Co. St. Louis, USA) for 72 hour using dichloromethane as a solvent (Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany). The number of volatile metabolites was determined using a gas chromatograph (VARIAN 3350, Palo Alto, California, USA) and a Varian 8200CX autosampler, with a 48-vial capacity, with a 10 uL syringe (SGE analytical Science, Melbourne, Australia) injecting 1 uL in a splitless mode injector (Varian 1075 model-250 °C). The oven was equipped with a 30 m x 0.53 mm x 1.0 um MET-WAT capillary column (Supelco-Sigma-Aldrich Co. St. Louis, USA), temperature programmed at 35 °C (1 min), 120 °C a 7 °C/min (3 min), 190 °C a 10 °C/min (2 min), and a 220 °C a 10 °C/min (1 min), and a flame ionization detector (FID-280 °C) using helium as carrier gas (2.8 mL/min). We identified the metabolites present in the organic phase after L-L extraction using a gas chromatograph (GC) Agilent 6890 Series Plus (Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, California, USA) equipped with a mass selective detector (MSD, Agilent 5973-Network) using a SPB-1 60 m x 0.25 mm x 0.25 um capillary column (Supelco-Sigma-Aldrich Co. St. Louis, USA), carrier gas helium and temperature programmed at 45 °C (1 min), 250 °C a 5 °C/min (30 min). An analyzer at 34.6 mA, ion focus 88.9 v, electron energy at 69 eV, scan speed at 2.8 scan/seg, filament off 2 min and mass ranges 40 - 400 u.m.a.s. We identified the metabolites by comparing the fragment ions obtained for the sample with those reported in the Wiley and NIST database. Library searches were performed using ChemStation B.02.02. Software for Wiley library and Mass Spectral Search Program 1.1.a for NIST libraries. In order to establish the presence of metabolite in the aqueous phase after L-L extraction, we performed a column chromatography using silica gel (70 - 230 mesh Supelco-Sigma - Aldrich Co. St. Louis, USA) as stationary phase and methanol (Merck Millipore, Darmstadt, Germany) as eluent, which was concentrated and analyzed by GC-MSD.
]]> Pathogenicity assay: The pathogenicity test was conducted using a Rhizppus stolonifer strain taken from the microorganism bank at the PUJ. We suspended the mycelium in 9 mL of Tween 80 at 0.1 %, stirred for 1 minute and filtered to remove the mycelial mass. The concentration was adjusted to 103, 104 and 105 sporangiospores/mL using a Neubauer chamber. To avoid the occurrence of pesticides, the tomatoes used in all the tests came from an organic farm in Choachí (Colombia). We first washed and disinfected the tomatoes then made two equatorial wounds in each fruit using a 3 mm2 sterile perforating punch. The wounds were inoculated with 25 uL of each pathogen concentration tested. The samples were left at room temperature in sterile aluminum containers each one contained three tomatoes and was covered with sterile plastic wrap. We performed the treatments ten times each for 6 days measuring the lesion diameter daily, the mycelial growth and the fungus sporulation. Tomatoes inoculated with Tween 80 at 0.1 % were used as control. We validated the results employing a variance analysis (ANOVA) and Tukey test (a<0.05) using XLSTAT software.Selecting phases with antagonistic effect: We performed the in vitro test using the Wells technique to select the phases obtained from the fermentation process that inhibit pathogen growth. The technique consisted in plating the pathogen in each Petri dish; the wells were then inoculated with Sabouraud agar containing each phase in study (Table 1). We incubated the Petri dishes at 25 °C and measured the zones of inhibition after 24 hours. Triplicate sets of plates were prepared on each occasion, and every experiment repeated three times.
Protection Assay: The protection assay was performed with tomatoes from an organic crop and processed according to described in pathogenicity assay section. The yeast (108 cells/mL) was suspended in Tween 80 (0.1 %) and 25 uL were inoculated in each tomato wound. Other tomatoes were inoculated with unfiltered aqueous phase and unconcentrate organic phase due to the previous results obtained which suggest antagonistic effects (Table 1). All the inoculated tomatoes were processed as described above. After 24 hours, 25 juL of Rhizopus stolonifer suspension adjusted to 105 sporangiospores/mL were applied in every tomato wound. Assessments were performed daily, and disease symptoms in tomato fruits inoculated with Rhizopus stolonifer were evaluated by measuring the diameters of lesions every 24 hours for 6 days. The results were analyzed by comparing the lesion diameters of each treatment over the controls obtaining the percentage of inhibition for each treatment. Every treatment and control calculation was based on results obtained from 30 replicates.
Results
Macroscopic and microscopic description: The Gram stain displayed oval cells of considerable diameter in the budding stage and was Gram-positive (Figure 1a). Candida guilliermondii colonies had a white color, creamy texture and elevated, regular border. After verifying their characteristics and purity, the yeast was used in the fermentation processes.
Metabolite identification: We analyzed the unconcentrate organic phase using GC-FID; it showed 12 volatile metabolites, which we identified using GC-MSD analysis. The higher relative proportions corresponded to ethyl acetate (79.1 %), isopentyl alcohol (5.7 %) and phenyl ethyl alcohol (4.5 %), Table 2 summarizes the results. The aqueous phase recovered after L-L extraction exhibited a minimal amount of volatile metabolites; this was correlated with the low biological activity of this phase (Figure 1b).
Selecting phases with antagonistic effect to Rhizopus stolonifer: The results of in vitro tests revealed that the unfiltered water phase inhibited the growth of Rhizopus stolonifer. The massive growth of the fungus throughout the Petri dish, revealed the lack of any inhibitory effect in the other assay phases. The unfiltered water phase is derived from the Candida guilliermondii fermentation at 36 hours. This phase contains the fermentative medium, biomass yeast and the metabolites produced. Because the other phases did not show any activity, it could be inferred that biomass yeast has an inhibitory effect against the pathogen.
Pathogenicity assay: After 48 hours, tomatoes inoculated with Rhizopus stolonifer showed symptoms of deterioration such as tissue softening around the wound, skin breakdown with continuous liquid exudate, abundant external mycelia growth turning from white to gray over the time until covered the artificial wound and finally all the fruit as described by Singleton et al. (1993). The fungal pathogen presented mycelial growth from the third day and abundant sporulation on the sixth day. The assay with concentration of 105 sporangiospores/mL exhibited a lesion diameter of 57 mm on the sixth day whereas concentrations of 103 and 104 sporangiospores/mL, displayed 14 and 40 mm diameters respectively (Figure 2). According to the statistical analysis, 100 % of pathogen incidence in tomatoes corresponded to 105 sporangiospores/ mL. Resultantly, this concentration was selected to perform the protection assay.
]]> Protection Assay: In the treatment where Candida guilliermondii and the pathogen were inoculated, we observed a significant reduction in both lesion development and pathogenic manifestation (Figure 3b). There was neither necrosis nor fruit tissue breakdown when the wound was treated with Candida guilliermondii, in contrast to the pathogen control, which had an increased lesion diameter from the third day until the fruit was completely invaded, akin to the results observed in the pathogenicity tests (Figure 3a). The percentage of tomato protection obtained was 87 %; this indicates that Candida guilliermondii has high biocontrol activity against Rhizopus stolonifer. After the sixth day, lesion diameter progressively increased in the tomato control group, whereas most of the tomatoes treated with the pathogen and yeast biomass did no show symptoms caused by the pathogen. The treatments treated with unfiltered water phase and the pathogen simultaneously presented a lesion diameter reduction in comparison to the pathogen control (Figure 3c); the percentage protection was 77 % lower than the value obtained with Candida guilliermondii biomass. Treatments made with unconcentrate organic phase had 80 % affectivity; this means that metabolites have a protective effect because of the adverse effect of the higher alcohols against some microorganism such as Rhizopus stolonifer. Some samples in this treatment revealed an abundant pathogen growth on the lesion areas and also characteristic symptoms of pathogenic occurrence (Figure 3d).
Discussion
We used the same pathogen concentrations (105 sporangiospores/mL) as those used by Stevens et al. (1997). A 100 % incidence was reported in this assay; the diameters of the lesions, however, were 12.5 mm and 26.1 mm in two varieties of tomato compared with those obtained in this study (57 mm). These differences may be due to susceptibility degree for every host variety or the virulence variability of different pathogenic strains. In the protection assay, some tomato samples showed similar symptoms as described previously, perhaps as a result of the low yeast concentration in the culture medium applied to the tomato or the high residual concentration of nutrients, or both, stimulated fungal growth. Roberts (1990) obtained similar results in their study on the biocontrol activity of Crytococcus laurentii against Botrytis cinerea in tomatoes.
Several yeast species such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Kloeckera apiculata, Candida utilis, Hansenula subpelliculosa, Pichia membranae faeciens, and Kuyveromyces marxianus have been reported to produce ethyl acetate (Plata et al. 2003) Candida utilis, Hansenula subpelliculosa, Pichia membranaefaeciens, Kluyveromyces marxianus (Rojas et al. 2001). The ester production ability of yeast differs among species and may depend on growing conditions. According to Peynaud (1956), Picchia and Hansenula produce large amounts of ethyl acetate, whereas Saccharomyces, Torulaspora and Kloeckera generate small amounts of this ester, this based on the production obtained with C. guillermondii. The first volatile metabolite in this production was ethyl acetate, which is responsible for the altered sensory properties of fermentation, for instance the unpleasant odor of the medium broth. Higher alcohols were obtained during the course of alcoholic fermentation by the deamination of amino acids to obtain nitrogen for its consumption or to produce other amino acids. Higher alcohols are organoleptically acceptable in low concentrations up to 300 ppm when they begin to be unfavorable. Ando et al. (2012) established the presence of isopentyl alcohol, which completely inhibited the spore germination of 15 filamentous fungi including Rhizopus stolonifer at 20 ml/dish, and inhibited the spore germination of all the tested filamentous fungi at 80 mL/dish. These results agree with our data in which the reported concentration of fungicidal activity was 5.1 %. The 2-keto acids are intermediates for amino acid biosynthesis as they are the direct precursors of amino acids such as valine, isoleucine, and leucine, which allow the production of iso-acids as reported by GC/MSD analysis. They can be diverted to synthesize higher alcohols like isobutyl alcohol and 2-methyl-butanol, also reported in this study (Atsumi et al. 2008). It is also possible that the minor constituents determined here such as, isovaleric acid, isobutyric acid, 2-methyl-butyric acid, 3-hydroxy-3-butanone, 2,6-dimethoxyphenol and 2-phenyl ethyl acetate may be involved in certain mechanism of antifungal synergism (Bajpai et al. 2008, Zabka & Pavela 2013) along with other active components in Candida guilliermondii fermentation.
Biomass of Candida guilliermondii reached the highest biocontrol effectiveness (87 %) compared to the unfiltered aqueous phase (77 %) and the unconcentrate organic phase (80 %; Figure 4). These results suggest that the best method for tomato postharvest protection against Rhizopus stolonifer is the use of yeast biomass. This result suggests that the best method for the postharvest tomato protection against Rhizopus stolonifer is the use of yeast biomass. Although these treatments did not differ significantly in terms of lesion diameter, the unfiltered aqueous phase and the unconcentrate organic phase achieved percentages lower than 85 % (Figure 4) whereby these phases could not be used effectively to control the rot caused by Rhizopus stolonifer. The rapid colonization of Candida guilliermondii in the wound sites causes the absence of rot signs (Figure 3e) as it prevents the pathogen from settling in the damaged tomato as well as the germination of conidia. C. guiUiermondii is an endophytic yeast that proficiently enters the healthy cuticle of mature tomatoes and settles in apoplastic spaces without spoiling the plant tissues. One of the advantages of C. guillermondii is its rapid migration to apoplastic spaces estimated at 0.55 [im hour-1 (Infante-Luna et al. 2012). The secondary metabolites produced by the yeast, especially the higher alcohols, have a synergistic effect in the protection of the tomato; these metabolites are reported to be pest, and pathogen controllers and Candida guillermondii are alcohol and acetate resistant. Soluble sugars (carbon source) such as glucose and fructose in tomatoes and nitrogen sources (free amino acids) like aspartic acid and glutamic acid predominantly in mature tomatoes provide the yeast with nutrients, which they rapidly use to promote their adaptation and rapid growth throughout the fruit and wound area. The consumption of nutrients reduces the possibility of conidial germination and hyphal growth of Rhizopus stolonifer facilitating the biocontrol by nutrients competition
Conclusion
]]> Based on our results, the biomass of Candidaguillermondii and its metabolites, and especially higher alcohols, are the most promising postharvest Rhizopus stolonifer control treatments for tomatoes. Our data showed maximum antifungal efficacy in the in vivo assay using yeast biomass (88 % of protection) and the organic phase containing metabolites (80 % of protection). We believe yeast biomass and its metabolites have a synergistic role in the protection of tomatoes due to the rapid yeast biomass growth throughout the tomato wound area and the antifungal activity of its metabolites. This study presents a viable solution to minimize economic losses caused by pathogens, in addition to ensuring a longer tomato shelf life, which would guarantee a better product distribution. In doing so, we address a major problem and provide an advantageous solution to avoiding losses in this time of food crisis, especially in developing countriesAcknowledgements
The authors acknowledge the collaboration of Professor Ruben Torrenegra Guerrero, professor at the Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales (UDCA), and his support. Thank you to the Vicerrectoría Academica at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Bogotá for funding this project; Ref: 120107F0401200.
Conflicts of interest
The authors agree with the results published in this article and state that there are no conflicts of interest.
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