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. 2020 Oct 27;25(21):4973. doi: 10.3390/molecules25214973

Table 1.

Antimicrobial molecules synthesized by B. velezensis to control pathogenic microbes.

Compounds Gene Clusters Antimicrobial Activity References
Antibacterial Activity (Diseases) MIC (Pathogens) Antifungal Activity (Diseases) MIC (Pathogens)
Surfactins SrfA-D Cochliobolus carbonum (Leaf spot); P. syringae pv. tomato; R. solanacearum 25-100 µg/mL
(P. syringae pv. tomato)
F. verticillioides
(Maiz disease)
- [20,21,22,23]
Fengycins FenA-E R. solanacearum (Tomato wilt), X. euvesicatoria (Pepper spot); X. axonopodis pv. esicatoria - F. oxysporum (banana Fusarium wilt); F. graminearum (Fusarium head blight); B. cinerea (Grey mould); R. variabilis (Maiz disease) 20.0 µg/mL
(M. grisea);
100 µg/mL (F. graminearum)
[2,24,25,26,27,28]
Bacillomycin-D bmyA-D X. campestris pv. cucurbitae - Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Bitter rot); F. graminearum (Fusarium head blight); F. oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum (Cucumber vascular wilt) 30 μg/mL (F. graminearum) [12,29,30,31]
Bacillaene baeBCDE, acpK, baeGHIJLMNRS E. amylovora (Fire blight) - Termitomyces spp. - [32,33]
Macrolactin MlnA-I S. aureus; B. cepacia - - - [34]
Difficidin dfnAYXBCDEFGHIJKLM X. oryzae pv. oryzae (Rice blight) and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola (Rice leaf streak); E. amylovora (Fire blight); R. solanacearum (Tomato wilt) 12.62 μg/mL (R. solanacearum); - - [32,35,36]
Bacilysin bacA-E S. aureus and C. michiganense; X. oryzae pv. oryzae (Rice blight) and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola (Rice leaf streak); E. amylovora (Fire blight) 50.0 μg/mL (X. oryzae pv. oryzae and X. oryzae pv. oryzicola) - - [32,35,37]