Richard Gruseck

Chemical Structure Controls Soil Biotransformation Kinetics of Bacillus Lipopeptide Biopesticides

Abstract Bacillus lipopeptides (surfactins, iturins, and fengycins) are an emerging class of biopesticides. However, their fate in agricultural soils, and specifically how variations in the chemical structure such as alkyl chain length, amino acid sequence, and cyclization affect...