The incidence of invasive fungal infections is increasing worldwide, resulting in more than
1.6 million deaths every year. Due to growing antifungal drug resistance and the limited …

The purpose of this article is to review coculture fermentations in industrial biotechnology.
Examples for the advantageous utilization of cocultures instead of single cultivations include …

Antimicrobial proteins (AMPs) are widely distributed in nature. In higher eukaryotes, AMPs
provide the host with an important defence mechanism against invading pathogens. AMPs …

Peptides and small proteins exhibiting antimicrobial activity have been isolated from many
organisms ranging from insects to humans, including plants. Their role in defense is …

Microbial antagonists and their bioactive metabolites provide one of the best alternatives to
chemical pesticides to control crop disease for sustainable agriculture and global food …

Over the last years, antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have been the focus of intense research
toward the finding of a viable alternative to current antifungal drugs. Defensins are one of the …

This review analyses the phenomenon of bacterial mycophagy, which we define as a set of
phenotypic behaviours that enable bacteria to obtain nutrients from living fungi and thus …

Plant disease control requires novel approaches to mitigate the spread of and losses
caused by current, emerging, and re-emerging diseases and to adapt plant protection to …

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens WH1 inhibit the growth of fungi by producing a new surfactin
called as WH1fungin. WH1fungin plays an anti-fungal role by two models: high …

Defensins are one the largest group of antimicrobial peptides and are part of the innate
defence. Defensins are produced by animals, plants and fungi. In animals and plants …