Burkholderia ambifaria

Name of the microorganism: 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 7 is a beneficial bacterium isolated from the maize rhizosphere in Italy (https://doi.org/10.1007/s003740050649). The picture illustrates its antagonistic activity against Fusarium verticillioides ITEM-504  in greenhouse conditions. On the right, Zea mays plant grown in soil artificially infested with F. verticillioides ITEM-504 and inoculated with B. ambifaria MCI7. On the left, non-inoculated plant grown in artificially infested soil (control). Plants were collected after 20 days of growth.