Antifungal substances of bacterial origin and plant disease management

Abstract

Antifungal substances have been identified in a wide range of life-forms. This review provides an inventory of different antifungal substances isolated from different genera of bacteria and has approved antifungal activity. These antibiotics are biosynthesized via two main pathways, ribosomally and non-ribosomally. Their structural differences pave variations in their antifungal properties. In agriculture, for the control of plants diseases caused by fungi, these antifungal substances have played a significant role in inhibiting fungal phytopathogens and their diseases in plants.