Débora Luíza Albano Fulgêncio, Rosiane Andrade da Costa, Fernanda Guilhelmelli, Calliandra Maria de Souza Silva, Daniel Barros Ortega, Thiago Fellipe de Araujo, Philippe Spezia Silva, Ildinete Silva-Pereira, Patrícia Albuquerque, Cristine Chaves Barreto
Systemic mycoses have become a major cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly among immunocompromised hosts and long-term hospitalized patients. Conventional antifungal agents are limited because of not only their costs and toxicity but also the rise of resistant strains. Lipopeptides from Paenibacillus species exhibit antimicrobial activity against a wide range of human and plant bacterial pathogens. However, the antifungal potential of these compounds against important human pathogens has not yet been fully evaluated, except for Candida albicans ...
2021: AIMS Microbiology