Factors affecting antagonism of the growth of Phanerochaete chrysosporium by bacteria isolated from soils

Bacteria from polluted and agricultural soils antagonize the growth of Phanerochaete chrysosporium on solid media. The antagonistic bacteria in a soil contaminated with trinitrotoluene included fluorescent pseudomonads. Antagonism by fluorescent pseudomonads was variable according to the pH, and carbon and nitrogen sources used in the growth medium. A fluorescent siderophore produced by a Pseudomonas putida strain did not inhibit the growth of Phanerochaete chrysosporium but pseudomonad isolates capable of producing phenazine derivatives were strongly inhibitory.Utah Agricultural Experiment Station paper no. 4416