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The growth of fungi and Arabidopsis thaliana is influenced by bacterial volatiles

Marco Kai, Anja Vespermann and Birgit Piechulla

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Dual culture systems, which only allowed volatiles to cross the boundary of a bipartite Petri dish, were used to investigate the effects of bacterial volatiles on the growth of 14 fungi and A. thaliana. The majority of tested combinations exhibited dramatic growth retardations of fungi and A. thaliana, indicating that volatiles can act as antibiotics. It therefore can be concluded that bacterial volatiles influence the growth conditions of organisms in a community and in a habitat.

Authors

Marco Kai

University of Rostock; Department of Biological Sciences; Rostock, Germany

Anja Vespermann

University of Rostock; Department of Biological Sciences; Rostock, Germany

Birgit Piechulla

University of Rostock; Department of Biological Sciences; Rostock, Germany

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