Antifungal activity displayed by cereulide, the emetic toxin produced by Bacillus cereus

Abstract

In this study, the fungistatic activity of Bacillus cereus cereulide-producing strains was demonstrated against nine fungal species. The role of cereulide was confirmed using plasmid-cured derivatives and ces knockout mutants. The fungistatic spectra of cereulide and valinomycin, a chemically related cyclododecadepsipeptide, were also compared and found to be similar but distinct. © 2011, American Society for Microbiology.