Lipopeptides as the antifungal and antibacterial agents: applications in food safety and therapeutics

KR Meena, SS Kanwar - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
A lot of crops are destroyed by the phytopathogens such as fungi, bacteria, and yeast
leading to economic losses to the farmers. Members of the Bacillus genus are considered as …

Iturin: a promising cyclic lipopeptide with diverse applications

DA Yaraguppi, ZK Bagewadi, NR Patil, N Mantri - Biomolecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
This comprehensive review examines iturin, a cyclic lipopeptide originating from Bacillus
subtilis and related bacteria. These compounds are structurally diverse and possess potent …

Role of lipid composition, physicochemical interactions, and membrane mechanics in the molecular actions of microbial cyclic lipopeptides

D Balleza, A Alessandrini, MJ Beltrán García - The Journal of membrane …, 2019 - Springer
Several experimental and theoretical studies have extensively investigated the effects of a
large diversity of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) on model lipid bilayers and living cells …

Classification, application, multifarious activities and production improvement of lipopeptides produced by Bacillus

Z Wang, C Liu, Y Shi, M Huang, Z Song… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Lipopeptides, a class of compounds consisting of a peptide ring and a fatty acid chain, are
secondary metabolites produced by Bacillus spp. As their hydrophilic and oleophilic …

Daptomycin: an evidence-based review of its role in the treatment of Gram-positive infections

A Gonzalez-Ruiz, RA Seaton… - Infection and drug …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Infections caused by Gram-positive pathogens remain a major public health burden and are
associated with high morbidity and mortality. Increasing rates of infection with Gram-positive …

[PDF][PDF] Lipopeptide antibiotic production by Bacillus velezensis KLP2016

KR Meena, T Tandon, A Sharma… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - japsonline.com
A bacterial strain isolated from a soil sample collected from Tamil Nadu Agriculture
University, Coimbatore (India) was characterized as Bacillus velezensis KLP2016 by 16S …

The emerging role of β-lactams in the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections

KC Molina, T Morrisette, MA Miller… - Antimicrobial Agents …, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections (BSI) are
associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Monotherapy with first-line antimicrobials …

Determining the antifungal activity and characterization of Bacillus siamensis AMU03 against Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid

T Hussain, AA Khan - Indian Phytopathology, 2020 - Springer
Plant pathogens caused severe economic losses to the agricultural farming. Members of the
genus Bacillus are considered to be a natural laboratory for the production of biologically …

Lipidation Engineering in Daptomycin Biosynthesis

CH Ji, S Park, K Lee, HW Je… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Lipopeptides are an important family of natural products, some of which are clinically used
as antibiotics to treat multidrug-resistant pathogens. Although the lipid moieties play a …

Lipopeptide (s) associated with human microbiome as potent cancer drug

V Chauhan, SS Kanwar - Seminars in cancer biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Human microbiota comprises of trillions of microbes which have evolved with and continued
to live on/within their human hosts. Different environmental factors and diet have a large …