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<mods:note>&lt;div id=&quot;abs0005&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, STIXGeneral, &quot;Cambria Math&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;u-h4 u-margin-m-top u-margin-xs-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sect0010&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 24px !important; margin-bottom: 8px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 30px !important;&quot;&gt;Background&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;u-margin-s-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sp0045&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Over the years, excessive use of chemical pesticides to control&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/plant-pathogens&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;plant pathogens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;has caused environmental problems. Therefore, biological solutions such as the use of microorganisms with antimicrobial capacity become indispensable. To inhibit the growth of plant pathogens,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/biological-control-agents&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;biological control agents&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;use different mechanisms, including the production of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/hydrolase&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;hydrolytic enzymes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;. In this study, the production of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/amylase&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;amylase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;, an enzyme important for the prevention and&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/plant-disease-management&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;control of plant diseases&lt;/a&gt;, by a biological control agent&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/bacilli&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;Bacillus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;halotolerans&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;RFP74 was optimized using&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/response-surface-methodology&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;response surface methodology&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;abs0010&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, STIXGeneral, &quot;Cambria Math&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;u-h4 u-margin-m-top u-margin-xs-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sect0015&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 24px !important; margin-bottom: 8px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 30px !important;&quot;&gt;Results&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;u-margin-s-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sp0050&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Bacillus halotolerans&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;RFP74 inhibited the growth of various&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/phytopathogen&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;phytopathogens&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;including&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/alternaria&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;Alternaria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/bipolaris&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;Bipolaris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;with an inhibition rate of more than 60%. In addition, it also demonstrated an essential production of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/amylase&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;amylase&lt;/a&gt;. Based on previous studies of amylase production in&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;Bacillus&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;, three parameters were considered significant: initial pH of the medium,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/incubation-time&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;incubation time&lt;/a&gt;, and temperature. Using the central composite design with Design Expert software, the optimized amylase production for&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;B&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;halotolerans&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;RFP74 is at a temperature of 37 °C,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/incubation-time&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;incubation time&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;51 h and pH 6.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id=&quot;abs0015&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(31, 31, 31); font-family: ElsevierGulliver, Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, STIXGeneral, &quot;Cambria Math&quot;, &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot;, &quot;Microsoft Sans Serif&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Symbol&quot;, &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;h3 class=&quot;u-h4 u-margin-m-top u-margin-xs-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sect0020&quot; style=&quot;margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-top: 24px !important; margin-bottom: 8px !important; font-size: 20px !important; line-height: 30px !important;&quot;&gt;Conclusion&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;u-margin-s-bottom&quot; id=&quot;sp0055&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px !important;&quot;&gt;The biological control agent&amp;nbsp;&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;B&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;halotolerans&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;RFP74 inhibited the growth of&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/alternaria&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Alternaria from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;Alternaria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;em style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/bipolaris&quot; title=&quot;Learn more about Bipolaris from ScienceDirect's AI-generated Topic Pages&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;Bipolaris&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px;&quot;&gt;, demonstrating its broad spectrum of activity. Knowledge of the optimal condition required for the production of&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/hydrolase&quot; class=&quot;topic-link&quot; style=&quot;margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); word-break: break-word; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-decoration-color: rgb(31, 31, 31); color: rgb(31, 31, 31); text-underline-offset: 1px;&quot;&gt;hydrolytic enzymes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;such as amylase provides information on the most effective application of this biological control agent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</mods:note>
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