Plipastatin is a shared good by Bacillus subtilis during combating Fusarium spp.

ABSTRACT: Bacillus subtilis a Gram-positive soil-dwelling bacterium known for its wide range of bioactive secondary metabolites. The lipopeptide plipastatin produced by most B. subtilis isolates have been shown to exhibit potent antifungal activity against plant pathogenic fungi. While the effect of these antifungal compounds are well studied in the context of biocontrol, much less is known of their role in the environment, which also harbor nonproducing strains of these compounds. Fusarium species produce multiple antibacterial compounds resulting in dysbiosis of the plant-associated microbiome and inhibition of plant beneficial bacteria like B. subtilis. While plipastatin is expected to be important for survival of B. subtilis, not all isolates carry the biosynthetic gene cluster for plipastatin s

SUBMITTER: Stannius RO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11916886 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature