Ecological roles of cyclic lipopeptides from plant-beneficial rhizobacteria: a chemical-biology approach to decipher primary functions of secondary metabolites. Ghent University
Plant roots often carry Bacillus and Pseudomonas bacteria that protect the plant against
pathogens. This beneficial effect (biocontrol) results from secretion of bacterial metabolites.
Those are either antimicrobial or trigger the plant's own defense responses. These
metabolites include cyclic lipopeptides (CLPs), which are biosurfactants composed of a fatty
acid tail linked to a cyclized oligopeptide. CLPs show ...