Molecular identification and screening the antagonistic and cellulolytic activities of native strain Bacillus subtilis isolated from Myanmar marine sediment

In order to combat plant diseases and produce profitable agricultural crops, biocontrol agents derived from bacteria offer sustainable and eco-friendly options. Numerous fungal diseases have been successfully treated by some advantageous strains of Bacillus subtilis. The bacterial strain used in this study, designated S1-10, was isolated from a marine sediment sample. The antifungal qualities of the isolate were evaluated against eight out of ten plant-pathogenic fungi. The highest cellulolytic activity of the isolate was observed after four days of incubation. The association of the strain with Bacillus subtilis was confirmed by phylogenetic analysis based on the sequences of the gyrB and 16S rRNA regions. The NCBI has received strain S1-10, which has been assigned accession codes OR708648 for 16S and PV007904 for gyrB