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Bacillus lipopeptides: versatile weapons for plant disease biocontrol.
Ongena, MARC; Jacques, Philippe
2008In Trends in Microbiology, 16 (3), p. 115-25
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Keywords :
Bacillus/growth & development/metabolism; Peptides, Cyclic/pharmacology/physiology; Pest Control, Biological/methods; Plant Diseases; Plant Roots/microbiology; Plants/microbiology
Abstract :
[en] In the context of biocontrol of plant diseases, the three families of Bacillus lipopeptides - surfactins, iturins and fengycins were at first mostly studied for their antagonistic activity for a wide range of potential phytopathogens, including bacteria, fungi and oomycetes. Recent investigations have shed light on the fact that these lipopeptides can also influence the ecological fitness of the producing strain in terms of root colonization (and thereby persistence in the rhizosphere) and also have a key role in the beneficial interaction of Bacillus species with plants by stimulating host defence mechanisms. The different structural traits and physico-chemical properties of these effective surface- and membrane-active amphiphilic biomolecules explain their involvement in most of the mechanisms developed by bacteria for the biocontrol of different plant pathogens.
Disciplines :
Microbiology
Author, co-author :
Ongena, MARC ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech > Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech
Jacques, Philippe ;  Université de Liège > Agronomie, Bio-ingénierie et Chimie (AgroBioChem) > Bio-industries
Language :
English
Title :
Bacillus lipopeptides: versatile weapons for plant disease biocontrol.
Publication date :
2008
Journal title :
Trends in Microbiology
ISSN :
0966-842X
eISSN :
1878-4380
Publisher :
Elsevier Trends Journals, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Volume :
16
Issue :
3
Pages :
115-25
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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