Burkholderia ambifaria

Name of the microorganisms: Burkholderia ambifaria (genus Burkholderia; family Burkholderiaceae)

ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Laboratory for AgriFood Sustainability, Quality and Safety, Biotechnologies and Agroindustry Division, Department for Sustainability, C.R. Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, Rome, Italy

Burkholderia ambifaria MCI 22 is a beneficial bacterium isolated from maize rhizosphere in Italy (https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-6496(98)00069-5). The picture illustrates its antagonistic activity against Fusarium culmorum in the in vitro test (King’s B medium). On the left, Fusarium culmorum alone (control plate); on the right, the fungus and the bacterium (test plate).