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Inhibition of fungal spore germination by gramicidin S and its potential use as a biocontrol against fungal plant pathogens
Author(s) -
MURRAY THELMA,
LEIGHTON FIONA C.,
SEDDON B.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1986.tb01534.x
Subject(s) - agriculture , bacteriology , biology , spore , library science , management , horticulture , ecology , botany , computer science , bacteria , genetics , economics
Gramicidin S, as well as being sporicidal to Bacillus spores, also inhibits germination and emergence of fungal‐like spores of Dictyostelium discoideum . The fungal plant pathogen Fusarium nivale is also inhibited and gramicidin S, therefore, is a sporicidal and antifungal antibiotic. Considering these findings the potential use of this antibiotic and its producer organism Bacillus brevis as a biocontrol is discussed.