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Entomopathogenic efficacy of the chitinolytic bacteria: Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from Siwa Oasis, Egypt
Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control volume 29, Article number: 16 (2019)
Abstract
Thirty-four bacterial isolates were isolated from soil samples collected from the North Western Coast and a water sample collected from brackish water at Siwa Oasis, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. Only six isolates showed chitinase activity when screened on colloidal chitin agar medium. The highest chitinolytic activity was achieved by a bacterial isolate labeled as A.S. This isolate was identified as Aeromonas hydrophila based on analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence and morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics. Optimization of the cultural conditions for maximum chitinase production by A. hydrophila revealed that the highest level of chitinase was recorded when the bacterium was grown in malt nitrogen-based medium containing 1% colloidal chitin at pH7 for 48 h incubation at 30 °C. Crude chitinase from isolate A. hydrophila was evaluated against first instar larvae of the greater wax moth; Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) at different concentrations of 0, 185, 205, 235, 265, 295 U/mg protein. It increased larval and pupal mortality rates in a concentration-dependent manner. The tested crude chitinase significantly induced a decrease in adults’ emergence rate and their fecundity.
Background
Chitin, a β-1, 4-linked polymer of N-acetyl-D-glucosamine, is one of the most abundant polysaccharides in nature, next to cellulose (Elieh-Ali-Komi and Hamblin, 2016). It is widely distributed in nature as a structural component of crustaceans, fungi, and insects (Flach et al. 1992). In insects, chitin is present in the cuticle, gut lining, salivary glands, tracheal tubes, eggshells, and muscles (Kramer and Koga, 1986). Therefore, it is a great target for controlling insect pests.
Chitinases (E.C. 3.2.1.14) are a group of enzymes that play a pivotal role in recycling chitin in the nature. They are known to perform many biological functions and produced by organisms such as bacteria, fungi, actinomycetes, insects and high plants (Jabeen et al. 2018). Microorganisms produce chitinases in order to utilize chitin as an energy source whereas fungi and insect produce chitinases as they are involved in morphogenesis (Kitamura and Kamei, 2003).
Microbes producing chitinases have received much attention regarding their potential development as biopesticides. However, studies have mainly focused on the use of chitinase producing entomopathogenic fungi (EPF) and not much work has been carried out on the efficacy of chitinolytic bacteria in pest control (Aggarwal et al., 2015). Although these fungi are widely used to control insect pests, they have not been commercially successful due to their slow killing rates (Stock, 2009). EPF infect insects by penetrating the cuticle, while the bacterial entomopathogens are obtained via host feeding and infection of the gut. These bacteria enzymatically cleave the chitin present in the peritrophic membrane of the insect gut causing perforations, leading to disease and subsequent death of the infected larvae (Chandrasekaran et al. 2012). Thus, bacteria represent a very attractive alternative to the EPF because of their relatively speed of killing (Khan et al. 2012).
The aim of this study was to isolate the most prominent chitinolytic bacteria from different soil and water samples collected from Matrouh Governorate, Egypt and to determine the most suitable growth conditions for maximum chitinase production. Larvicidal effect of the crude chitinase was also investigated.
Materials and methods
Isolation of chitinolytic bacteria
Soil and water samples were collected from different localities of the North Western Coast, Siwa Oasis, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt during April 2016. The chitinolytic bacteria were isolated from the collected samples by plating them on agar medium amended with 1.5% colloidal chitin. The medium consisted of (g l−1): Na2HPO4, 6; KH2PO4, 3; NH4Cl, 1; NaCl, 0.5; yeast extract, 0.05; agar, 15; and colloidal chitin, 15 g (Kuddus and Ahmad, 2013). The formation of clear zones around the bacterial colony after incubation for 48 h at 30 °C indicated their chitinolytic activity and was purified on collodial chitin agar medium, then maintained on nutrient agar slants at 4 °C and subcultured monthly for further studies.
Preparation of colloidal chitin
Colloidal chitin was prepared from purified chitin (Qualikems) according to the method of Roberts and Selitrennikoff (1988) with few modifications as 5 g of chitin powder was added slowly to 90 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid under vigorous stirring for 2 h. The mixture was added to 500 ml of ice-cold 95% ethanol with rapid stirring and kept overnight at 25 °C and then stored at − 20 °C until use. When needed, the colloidal chitin was collected by centrifugation at 6000 rpm for 10 min at 4 °C and the pH value was adjusted by addition of 1 N NaOH or HCl until the pH value reached 7. The colloidal chitin was then kept at 4 °C used for future application.
Confirmation of chitinase production by the isolated bacteria
Confirmation of chitinase production on chitin agar plates by the purified bacterial colonies was carried out by streaking each bacterial isolate on these plates and incubation at 30 °C for 48 h. Two replicates were prepared for each isolate, measurement of extracellular enzyme activity on the plate was carried out as described by Bradner et al. (1999), the diameter of the developed colony and the clear zone was measured in two dimensions at 90° to each other, and the sum of the values was averaged. Chitinolytic index was calculated according to the following equation:
Bacterial colony with chitinolytic index value of 1 or greater was classified as significant enzyme activity (Duncan et al. 2006).
Characterizations of bacterial isolate
Identification of chitinolytic bacteria by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis
DNA was extracted, using PrepMan™ Ultra Sample Preparation Reagent, Applera (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cat # 4318930) according to instructions of the manufacturer. The extract was used as a template to amplify a 527-bp fragment of the 16S rRNA gene, using MicroSEQ™ 500 16S rDNA PCR Kit (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Cat # 4348228) according to the instructions of the manufacturer. The obtained nucleotide sequences were Mega blasted to the total nucleotide collection of NCBI, using Basic Local Alignment Search Tool for nucleotide blast (https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi). Phylogenetic tree is constructed using UPGMA tree build method in Geneious 8.1.9 software.
Transmission electron microscopic examination
TEM studies of isolate A.S grown in nutrient broth (NB) medium under static condition for 24 h were carried out to observe flagella. The bacterial suspension was mounted on a copper grid coated with carbon, stained by uranyl sulfate and then investigated by the transmission electron microscope (Philips 208S) in the Electron Microscopy Research Department at Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Morphological, physiological, and biochemical characterizations of chitinolytic isolate
Morphological, physiological, and biochemical characterizations of this isolate were performed according to Martin-Carnahan and Joseph (2005).
Chitinase production in liquid medium
Growing of isolate A.S to monitor the production of chitinase was carried out as described by Zarei et al. (2011) in chitin mineral salt medium containing (g l−1) colloidal chitin, 5; MgSO4.7H2O, 0.5; KH2 PO4, 0.3; K2 HPO4, 0.7; yeast extract, 0.3; peptone, 0.3; NaCl, 1.0; (NH4)2.SO4, 1.0; MnSO4.2H2O, 1.6; ZnSO4.7H2O, 1.4; FeSO4.6H2O, 5; and CaCl2, 2 g. Each flask containing 50 ml of the medium was inoculated by 1.0 ml of bacterial suspension, containing approximately (7 × 108 cfu ml−1) prepared from an overnight shake culture grown in nutrient broth. Inoculated flasks were incubated in an orbital shaker at 150 rpm and 30 °C ± 2 for 48 h. The culture supernatant was obtained by centrifugation at 10,000 rpm and 6 °C for 20 min and then was filter sterilized by passing through 0.45 μm Millipore nitrocellulose membrane filter type WCN and stored at − 20 °C.
Chitinase assay
Enzyme assay was carried out as described by Ulhoa and Peberdy (1991) using a culture supernatant as crude enzyme and colloidal chitin as substrate. Chitinolytic activity was measured by incubating 3.0 ml of 0.5% colloidal chitin suspended in 50 mM sodium acetate buffer pH 5.20 mixed with 3.0 ml enzyme solution (culture supernatant). The mixture was incubated at 40 °C with shaking at 150 rpm for 24 h and then centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 5 min at room temperature. The amount of reducing sugar released in the supernatant was determined according to Miller (1959). One unit of enzyme activity was expressed as the amount of enzyme releasing 1 μmol N-acetyl glucosamine (NAGA)/min from colloidal chitin, under assay conditions (Ghanem et al. 2011).
Optimization of culture conditions for chitinase production
Protein concentration was estimated by the method of Bradford (1976). For optimum incubation time, the bacterial isolate was grown in the previously mentioned medium and conditions for 4 days, and chitinase production was determined every 24 h. The effect of temperature on enzyme production was determined by incubating inoculated medium at different temperatures (20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 °C). Chitinase activity and protein concentration were estimated as described before. The effect of the initial pH value on chitinase production by isolate A.S was investigated by varying the initial pH of the culture medium along the value of 3 to 11 and at an optimized temperature and incubation period. Chitinase activity and protein concentration were estimated as described before. To select the best nitrogen source, the chitin media was supplemented with different inorganic nitrogen source as ammonium chloride and ammonium sulfate and organic nitrogen source such as yeast extract, peptone, malt extract, and gelatin. Nitrogen sources were used at a concentration of 0.3 g l−1. The supplemented media were inoculated by 1.0 ml inoculums and fermented at optimized conditions. Media without any carbon and nitrogen source were used as control. Chitinase activity and protein concentration were estimated as described before. Effect of carbon sources like glucose, mannitol, starch, lactose, and fructose on chitinase production was investigated. The carbon sources were used at a concentration of 5 g l−1. The supplemented media were inoculated by 1.0 ml of an overnight culture containing approximately 7 × 108 cfu ml−1 inoculums and fermented at an optimized condition. Simultaneously media without any carbon and nitrogen source compared with media containing colloidal chitin as control. Chitinase activity and protein concentration were estimated as described before. Different concentrations of chitin such as 0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 0.8, 1, and 1.2% were used in the growth medium to determine best chitin concentration. Chitinase activity and protein concentration were estimated as described before.
Larvicidal effect of crude chitinase against Galleria mellonella
Bioassay was performed on the first larval instar of G. mellonella using 2 g of artificial diet (Bhatnagar and Bareth, 2004) mixed with 0.1 ml of 295, 265, 235, 205, 185 U/mg protein crude chitinase. Thirty larvae per concentration were used for all the treatments as well as control. All larvae were kept at a constant temperature 27 ± 2 °C. Daily inspections were carried out until adult emergence. Larval mortality, pupation, pupal mortality rate, and adult malformation were recorded. In addition, fecundity, deficient fecundity percentage, and oviposition deterrent index were calculated for emerged adults according to the following equations:
Where C and T are the mean numbers of eggs laid in control and treated artificial diet, respectively (Huang et al. 1994). Mortality rates were corrected according to Abbott, 1925 and were subjected to probit analysis (Finney, 1971) to calculate the mean lethal concentration (LC50).
Statistical analysis
Data were analyzed through one-way ANOVA, using SPSS Program. All data are graphically presented as the mean ± SE, using Microsoft Excel 2010.
Results and discussion
Isolation of chitinolytic bacteria
Thirty-four bacterial isolates were isolated from the soil samples collected from different localities at North Western Coast, as well as one isolate from brackish water at Siwa Oasis, Matrouh Governorate, Egypt. These 35 bacterial isolates were screened for chitinase production on selective medium containing 1.5% colloidal chitin agar. Only six bacterial isolates showed chitinase activity evidenced by clear zone formation around the bacterial growth due to hydrolysis of colloidal chitin. These isolates were IC15.a, IC15.b, IC21, G2, /G, and A.S. Isolate A.S was found to be the most potent isolate in chitinase production as it showed the highest chitinolytic index (Table 1 and Fig. 1). Potential chitinase producing bacterial isolates have been reported for isolates obtained from different sources such as pepper, onion, cabbage and orange peel (EL-Hendway et al. 2008), wastewater of shrimp culture ponds in Southern Iran (Zarei et al., 2010), soil samples collected from different habitats of Lucknow, India (Kuddus and Ahmad 2013), the rhizosphere of Medicago sativa (Abada et al. 2014), and fish market soil samples (Tariq, 2015).
Characterization of the chitinolytic bacterial isolate A.S
Analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequence
The isolate A.S was identified by analysis 16S rRNA gene sequence. The homology of partial 16S rRNA gene sequence of the tested isolate was analyzed, using the BLAST algorithm in GenBank. Only the highest scored BLAST result was considered for phylotype identification. BLAST showed that isolate A.S had a maximum homology (100%) with Aeromonas hydrophila TML (Fig. 2).
Morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of isolate A.S
Based on the results obtained from 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, morphological, physiological, and biochemical characteristics of the isolate A.S were similar to those reported for A. hydrophila in the literature (Abbott et al. 2003; Martin-Carnahan and Joseph, 2005 and Erdem et al. 2011). This isolate deviated from the standard description in growth in KCN and acid production from glycerol. Minor differences were detected, especially in the acid production from either inositol or arabitol, but these do not contradict that the isolate A.S was A. hydrophila (Tables 2 and 3). As illustrated in Fig. 3, the electron microscopic examination revealed that this isolate had a single polar flagellum, which was reported for A. hydrophila (Merino and Tomás 2016).
Optimization of chitinase production
In an attempt to optimize the enzyme production by A. hydrophila isolate A.S, the effects of several parameters such as incubation time, temperature, pH values, nitrogen source, carbon source, and colloidal chitin concentration were investigated.
Effect of incubation period
The obtained results indicated that maximum chitinase activity was achieved after 48 h incubation period, and it was 85.28 ± 4 U/mg protein. The enzyme production decreased at 96 h incubation period to 23.49 ± 0.98 U/mg protein with insignificant difference in enzyme production during the incubation for 72 h relative to the amount of the enzyme produced in case of incubation for 96 h (Fig. 4a). The reduction in enzyme production could be attributed to lack of nutrients or production of toxic chemicals in the medium resulting in inactivation of the secretary machinery of the enzyme (Binod et al. 2007a, b) or could be due to degradation of the produced enzyme by the action of proteases produced by the bacterium (Karthik et al. 2014). These results agree with that reported by Kuddus and Ahmad (2013) who obtained a maximum chitinase activity from A. hydrophila and Aeromonas punctata after 48 h.
Effect of temperature on chitinase production by isolate A.S
The optimum temperature of the enzyme production by the isolate A.S was 30 °C and the specific activity was 80.78 ± 1.29 U/mg protein (Fig. 4b). This result agrees with that reported by Thakkar et al. (2016) who found that maximum chitinase activity from Bacillus spp. was achieved at 30 °C, while the lowest one, 22.89 ± 0.41 U/mg protein, was found to be at 40 °C.
Effect of different pH values on chitinase production by isolate A.S
The obtained results revealed that chitinase production was greatly affected by the initial pH value of the culture medium. Among different pH values tested along the range of 3 to 11, pH7 was favored for chitinase production with a maximum enzyme activity of 56.13 ± 0.85 U/mg protein. These results agree with that reported by Karunya (2011) who found that optimum pH value for chitinase production by Bacillus subtilis was recorded over the range of 7–8, where the enzyme activity decreased at lower pH values (Fig. 4c).
Effect of different nitrogen sources on chitinase production by isolate A.S
Differences in the level of chitinase production were obtained, when growing A. hydrophila isolate A.S in a medium supplemented with different organic nitrogen sources such as peptone, yeast extract, malt extract and gelatin, and two more inorganic nitrogen sources such as ammonium sulfate and ammonium chloride. They were added to mineral salt medium containing 0.5% colloidal chitin as described above. After inoculation with 7 × 108 cfu ml−1 and incubation at 30 °C for 48 h, among the nitrogen sources investigated, malt extract was the best nitrogen source for chitinase production (Fig. 4d). This could be attributed to the presence of nitrogenous compounds, growth factors, and oligomers of GlcNAc in this medium and its addition had a stimulatory effect on cell growth (Nawani and Kapadnis, 2005). Zarei et al. (2010) reported that malt extract was the optimum nitrogen source for chitinase production by S. marcescens B4A.
Effect of different carbon sources on chitinase production by isolate A.S
Five different carbon sources, namely, glucose, mannitol, starch, lactose, and fructose were supplemented at the concentration of 0.5% to the medium and then the enzyme activity was tested after inoculation and incubation as previously described. The activity was compared with that obtained from control medium contained colloidal chitin as a sole source for carbon. The obtained results indicated that colloidal chitin was the best carbon source for the production of chitinase by this bacterial isolate. Other workers also found that chitin or colloidal chitin was indispensable for chitinase production and was recommended, using of colloidal chitin as a sole source of carbon for highest chitinase production (Priya et al. 2011). The enzyme production was decreased in the presence of glucose, lactose, fructose, starch, and mannitol in comparison with the production in the presence of colloidal chitin, evidenced by the highest level of enzyme activity, which was found to be 80.23 ± 0.8 U/mg protein (Fig. 4e).
Effect of chitin concentration on chitinase production by isolate A.S
Different colloidal chitin concentrations (0.1, 0.3, 0.6, 0.8, 1, and 1.2%) were used to determine the optimum concentration for maximum chitinase production by the bacterial isolate A.S. The results indicated that it was achieved in the presence of 1% chitin as the highest level of enzyme activity (295.57 ± 1.03 U/mg protein) was obtained (Fig. 4f). This result is in agreement with that reported by EL-Hendway et al. (2008) and Thakkar et al. (2016).
Effect of crude chitinase on greater wax moth G. mellonella
Lethal effect on mortality percentage of G. mellonella
Some biological aspects of G. mellonella after treatment of the first larval instar were studied. Larval mortality (percentage) of G. mellonella increased as the crude chitinase concentration increased (Table 4). The highest concentration (295 U/mg protein) induced 90% mortality of larvae that gradually decreased to 60% at 185 U/mg protein compared to 26.66% larval mortality at control. The recorded larval mortality is probably due to the hydrolytic chitinase enzyme produced by A. hydrophila. This enzyme may damage the peritrophic membrane that lines the midgut and protects the epithelial cells, which are very important in insect feeding (Bonnay et al. 2013). Once the peritrophic membrane degraded by chitinase, insect feeding may stop and consequently, the insect undergoes a lot of suffering or death (Bahar et al. 2012). Moreover, epithelium becomes indefensible and therefore, microbial pathogens may invade the insect hemocoel, where it multiplies and leads to death due to septicemia (Aggarwal et al. 2017). The present outcomes agree with the results of Binod et al. (2007a, b) who reported that chitinase can induce at least 50% larval mortality of Helicoverpa armigera Hubner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) till pupal stage.
The artificial diet supplemented with crude chitinase from A. hydrophila (Table 4) induced 13.33% pupal morality at 185 and 205 U/mg protein and 3.3% pupal morality at 235 U/mg protein. On the other hand, crude chitinase did not affect pupal mortality at the highest concentrations (265 and 295 U/mg protein). It is worth to note that pupae were observed to recover from treatments with crude chitinase at the highest concentrations, while in the lower concentration, higher percent of pupal mortality was induced. The possible explanation is due to high larval mortality at high concentrations that resulted in few numbers of surviving larvae. These larvae were the most resistant and at the onset of pupation, as they showed a higher percent of recovery compared to low concentrations. These results are in harmony with Kaur et al. (2014) who found that at the highest concentrations pupae formed from treated larvae remained in pupal stage till the termination of the experiment.
Larval mortality during the present study clearly affected the total mortality rates that followed the same trend (Table 4). This is due to the presence of a positive relationship between larval and total mortality percentages that increased with the increase in crude chitinase concentrations. The present outcomes agree with the results of Bakr et al. (2010) who mentioned that there was a positive relationship between the total inhibition of adult emergence and larval mortality percentages that increased with the increase of chitin synthesis inhibitor (flufenoxuron) concentrations. Imam (2001) confirmed the present results as he stated that the effect of crude chitinase could be extended from the larval stage to pupal and adult ones because of its latent effect during these stages.
The results of probit analysis for estimation of LC50 value for G. mellonella larval mortality are presented in Fig. 5. The LC50 value of crude chitinase was 135 U/mg protein (Table 4). From the previous results, it is obvious that the crude chitinase caused considerable toxic effects to G. mellonella. The bacterium has previously exhibited the potential to be an insecticidal agent against Culex quinquefasciatus Say (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae in native water (Halder et al. 2012).
Effect of crude chitinase on fecundity and sex ratio of G. mellonella
Data in Table 5 demonstrates that the sex ratio of adults emerged from treated larvae was female biased. Sex ratio increased with the increase in crude chitinase concentrations. They were 0.31, 0.37, 0.50, 0.75, 0.66, and 1.00 female/total for concentrations of 0, 185, 205,235, 265, and 295 U/mg protein, respectively. This declares that males of G. mellonella were more susceptible than females to crude chitinase. This was previously reported by El-Bokl et al. (2010) as neem affected males more than females during their growth. Factors that might account for sexual differences in susceptibility include differences in body mass and immune response. Males are more susceptible to diseases, whereas females often have stronger immune responses, which may contribute to high incidence of autoimmune diseases and malignancies (Kecko et al. 2017). Although females were the dominant of emerged adults after treatment, studying the fecundity of these females showed that females were sterile at high concentrations (265 and 295 U/mg protein) (Table 5). Deficient fecundity (percentage) and oviposition deterrent index (percentage) were increased by the increase in crude chitinase concentrations. The reduction in the total number of eggs per female in this study was concentration-dependent. These results agree with that obtained by Kaur et al. (2014) as they demonstated that significant decline in adult emergence, adult longevity, fecundity, and percentages hatching of Spodoptera litura (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was recorded at higher concentrations of secondary metabolites from Streptomyces hydrogenans DH16 along with morphological abnormalities than the control. Soltani and Soltani-Mazouni (1992) attributed this to the decrease in the concentration of yolk proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and inhibition in both DNA and RNA synthesis in the ovaries of Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) females when its larvae were treated with Diflubenzuron. Moreover, they caused vacuolation of nurse cells and oocytes of the ovaries. The same authors also mentioned that the reduction in fecundity might be attributed to the reduction in longevity and the number of oocytes per ovary and the reduction in oviposition period.
Conclusion
The present study revealed that out of 35 collected bacterial isolates, A. hydrophila showed the highest chitinolytic activity. Toxicological studies of A. hydrophila chitinase against G. mellonella support the chitinolytic bacterial isolate as a promising biocontrol agent against insect pests.
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Korany, S.M., Mansour, A.N., El-Hendawy, H.H. et al. Entomopathogenic efficacy of the chitinolytic bacteria: Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from Siwa Oasis, Egypt. Egypt J Biol Pest Control 29, 16 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s41938-019-0116-x
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