Production of peptide antifungal antibiotic and biocontrol activity of Bacillus subtilis.

Among different bacterial cultures, a potent Bacillus subtilis MTCC-8114 was isolated from garden soil samples which showed 16 and 14 mm inhibition zones by spot inoculation method and 24 and 22 mm inhibition zones by well agar diffusion method against test fungi i.e. Microsporum fulvum and Trichophyton species.

Biological control of dermatophytic fungus Trichophyton species by Bacillus subtilis.

A potent Bacillus subtilis-2 isolated from soil samples, showed 14 mm inhibition zone by spot inoculation method and 22 mm inhibition zone by well agar diffusion method against pathogenic test fungii. i.e.