Surfactin-like lipopeptides contribute to interference competition of Bacillus velezensis against the marine Flavobacteriaceae in phycosphere.
This study demonstrates that Bacillus velezensis SPE2, a low-abundance isolate from the phycosphere of dinoflagellate, exhibits a wide degree of antagonistic activity against multiple marine Flavobacteriaceae strains, a dominant taxonomic group across the phycosphere of diverse phytoplankton species.