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The chitinases are gaining much attention based on their role in the defense against pathogen attacks and harmful insects. The partially chitinase produced by Bacillus licheniformis strain J24 exhibited a large antifungal spectrum, and the highest activity was obtained toward Fusarium species in vitro on PDA and in vivo on corn seeds. The chitinase was inducible by the presence of autoclaved Fusarium conidia in the medium culture and it was active at 70 °C and pH 7 and not affected by the tested chemical agents EDTA and SDS. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences encoding chitinase showed the close phylogenetic relation with chitinase from Bacillus paralicheniformis species. Based on the analysis of the putative domain active, the described chitinase from strain J24 was belonging to the GH family-18 and the novelty of its structure was revealed. Here the combination of functional and structural antifungal extremely chitinase proves its importance in biotechnology area.

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Badiaa Essghaier, Mohamed Zouaoui, Afef Najjari, Najla Sadfi. Potentialities and Characterization of an Antifungal Chitinase Produced by a Halotolerant Bacillus licheniformis. Current microbiology. 2021 Feb;78(2):513-521

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