Insights on the role played by temperature on the biocontrol agent Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain S499

With the climate change, the temperature is going to play a key role in the effectiveness of microbial biocontrol agents. The influence of this environmental factor on the ecology and biocontrol activity of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens strain S499 has been investigated in this work. On this purpose, the effect of temperature on the ability to move onto solid surface, to form biofilm, to persist onto plant rhizosphere and to induce systemic resistance in plants have been evaluated in vitro and in vivo