Agricultural systems are in need of low-cost, safe antibiotics to protect crops from pests and
diseases. Peptaibiotics, a family of linear, membrane-active, amphipathic polypeptides, have …

Background: Fungi play an important role in terrestrial ecosystems interacting positively or
negatively with plants. These interactions are complex and the outcomes are different …

EFSA is requested to assess the safety of a broad range of biological agents in the context of
notifications for market authorisation as sources of food and feed additives, enzymes and …

This study examined the structural diversity and bioactivity of peptaibol compounds
produced by species from the phylogenetically separated Longibrachiatum Clade of the …

Cork oak (Quercus suber) forests are economically and culturally intertwined with the
inhabitants of the Mediterranean basin and characterize its rural landscape. These forests …

Peptaibols are a group of small peptides having a high α-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) content
and produced by filamentous fungi, especially by the members of the genus Trichoderma …

Since 2008, severe and widespread tree decline and mortality has been observed at the
main growing Quercus ilex L.(holm oak) forest on Caprera Island, Italy. To clarify the …

Covering: 2009 to Spring 2014 Non-ribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) are a primary
modality for fungal peptidic natural product assembly and are responsible for some of the …

An endophyte is a fungus or bacterium that lives within a plant in a symbiotic relationship.
Extensive colonization of the plant tissue by endophytes creates a barrier effect, where they …

Endophytic fungi are known to harbour compound (s) beneficial for plant health as well as
human health. Among the metabolites of agrochemical and pharmaceutical importance …