The ability to inhibit harmful microorganisms in a variety of habitats and the wide killing spectrum of the produced KTs have prompted the use of W. anomalus as a bio-control agent , since it could be classed as a low risk microorganism, rarely traced in human samples . In addition, W. anomalus KTs activity against dermatophytes and pathogenic yeasts, especially Candida spp., led to the hypothesis that could be applied in medical mycology as alternative antifungal compounds .