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. 2021 Jul 16;10(7):1650. doi: 10.3390/foods10071650

Table A1.

Description of the mechanisms of action of potential biological control agents. ND: Not done; +: Biocontrol activity; -: Not biocontrol activity.

Genus Species Control Agents Mechanism of Action References
Living Cells Metabolite
Competition for Substrate Competition for Iron Killer Factor Biofilm VOCs BCAs Resistance Induction Enzymatic Activity
Aspergillus A. carbonarius P. kluyveri + - - + - ND - + [49]
H. uvarum + - - - - ND - - [49]
M. guilliermondii + - - - + ND - + [49]
H. clermontiae + - - - - ND - + [49]
Cyberlindnera jadinii ND ND ND ND + ND ND ND [50]
C. friedrichii ND ND ND ND + ND ND ND [50]
C. intermedia ND ND ND ND + ND ND ND [50,51]
L. thermotolerans ND ND ND ND + ND ND ND [50]
S. cerevisiae + ND ND ND ND ND ND + [53,54]
A. niger D. hansenii ND ND + ND ND ND ND ND [46]
A. ochraceus Cyberlindnera jadinii ND ND ND ND + ND ND ND [50]
C. friedrichii ND ND ND ND + ND ND ND [50]
C. intermedia ND ND ND ND + ND ND ND [50]
L. thermotolerans ND ND ND ND + ND ND ND [50]
A. japonicas S. cerevisiae ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
W. anomalus ND ND + ND ND ND ND + [52]
R. fluviale ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
R. paludigenum ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
A. uvarum S. cerevisae ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
W. anomalus ND ND + ND ND ND ND + [52]
R. fluviale ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
R. paludigenum ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
A. aculeatus S. cerevisiae ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
W. anomalus ND ND + ND ND ND ND + [52]
R.fluviale ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
R. paludigenum ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
Penicillium P. expansum P. kluyveri + + - + - ND - + [49]
H. uvarum + - - - - ND - - [49]
M. guilliermondii + - - - + ND - + [49]
H. clermontiae + - - - - ND - + [49]
Candida sake - ND ND + ND ND ND ND [57]
Starmerella BCAillaris + ND ND ND ND ND ND ND [60]
W. anomalus ND ND + ND ND ND + + [49,52]
S.cerevisiae ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
R.fluviale ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
R. paludigenum ND ND ND ND ND ND + + [52,61]
P. carribica + Vitamin C ND ND ND ND ND ND + + [51]
P. digitatum W. anomalus ND ND + ND ND ND ND + [62]
M. fructicola ND + ND ND ND ND + + [50]
P. georgiense S. cerevisiae ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
W. anomalus ND ND + ND ND ND ND + [52]
R. fluviale ND ND ND ND ND ND ND + [52]
R. paludigenum ND ND ND ND ND ND + + [52]
P. rubens Y. lipolytica + ND ND ND ND ND ND + [49]