TABLE 1.

Antifungal activity by Bacillus pumilus.

B. pumilus strains	Origin	Plant species	Pathogens	Extracellular enzymes					References
				Cellulase	Chitinase	β -1,3-glucanase	β -endoglucanase	Protease
B. pumilus S9	Soil	Rice	Antifungal activity against Magnaporthe oryzae	+	−	−	−	+	Sha et al., 2020
B. pumilus CV9	Rhizosphere of Cicer arietinum L.	–	Antifungal activity against Alternaria alternata, Colletotrichum capsici, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri, Fusarium solani, Macrophomina phaseolina, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotium rolfsii, Sclerotinia sclerotiorum	+	+	−	+	+	Sharma et al., 2019
B. pumilus SG2	Saline soils	–	Antifungal activity against Fusarium graminearum and Bipolaris sorokiniana	−	+	−	−	−	Shali et al., 2010
B. pumilus M3-16	Shallow salt lake in Tunisia	–	Antifungal activity	Untested	Untested	Untested	Untested	+	Essghaier et al., 2009
B. pumilus U5	Soil samples collected from various locations in Iran	–	Untested	Untested	+	Untested	Untested	Untested	Tasharrofi et al., 2011
B. pumilus SG2	High salty ecosystem (Iran)	–	Antifungal activity Rhizoctonia solani, Verticillium sp., Nigrospora sp., Stemphylium botryosum, and Bipolaris	Untested	+	Untested	Untested	Untested	Ghasemi et al., 2010