Microorganisms area treasure in terms of theproduction of various bioactive compounds
which are being explored in different arenas of applied sciences. In agriculture, microbes …

Background There is an urgent need to discover biocontrol agents to control bacterial wilt.
This study reports on a new lipopeptide-producing biocontrol strain FJAT-46737 and …

The continuing emergence and development of pathogenic microorganisms that are
resistant to antibiotics constitute an increasing global concern, and the effort in new …

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens MEP218 is an autochthonous bacterial isolate with antibacterial
and antifungal activities against a wide range of phytopathogenic microorganisms. Cyclic …

Considering the economic losses in the fruit processing industry caused by phytopathogenic
diseases, Bacillus sp. SL-6 was isolated from freshwater samples of the Cruz de Piedra …

Although the use of crop-associated bacteria as biological control agents of fungal diseases
has gained increasing interest, the biotechnological potential of forest tree-associated …

Soil is the foundation for agriculture and the medium where almost all food-producing plants
are grown. Extensive use of fertilizers and pesticides has affected soil quality, with …

Fengycin antibiotic displays a strong antifungal activity and inhibits the growth of a wide
range of plant pathogens especially filamentous fungi. The main objective of the present …

CRISPR/Cas9 is one of the robust and effective gene manipulation tools which has been
widely applied in various organisms. In this study, the plipastatin gene cluster was …

Lipopeptides have been reported to exhibit anti-obesity effects. In this study, we obtained a
Bacillus velezensis strain FJAT-52631 that could coproduce iturins, fengycins, and …