African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12488

Full Length Research Paper

Antibacterial activity of endophytic fungi isolated from conifer needles

Matjaz Ravnikar*
  • Matjaz Ravnikar*
  • University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Asker?eva cesta 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Google Scholar
Matic Tercelj
  • Matic Tercelj
  • University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Asker?eva cesta 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Google Scholar
Damjan Janes
  • Damjan Janes
  • University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Asker?eva cesta 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Google Scholar
Borut Strukelj
  • Borut Strukelj
  • University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Asker?eva cesta 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Google Scholar
Samo Kreft
  • Samo Kreft
  • University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Pharmacy, Asker?eva cesta 7, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
  • Google Scholar


  •  Received: 24 December 2014
  •  Accepted: 25 February 2015
  •  Published: 11 March 2015

References

Bhagobaty RK, Joshi SR (2012). Antimicrobial and antioxidant activity of endophytic fungi isolated from ethnomedicinal plants of the "Sacred forests" of Meghalaya, India. Med. Mycol. 19:5-11.

 

Devaraju R, Satish S (2010). Endophytic fungi: 'Trapped' or 'hidden' store houses of bioactive compounds within plants: A Review. J. Pharm. Res. 3:2986-2989.

 
 

Erbert C, Lopes AA, Yokoya NS, Furtado NAJC, Conti R, Pupo MT, Lopes JLC, Debonsi HM (2012). Antibacterial compound from the endophytic fungus Phomopsis longicolla isolated from the tropical red seaweed Bostrychia radicans. Botanica Marina 55:435-440.
Crossref

 
 

Janeš D, Kreft S, Jurc M, Seme K, Štrukelj B (2007). Antibacterial Activity in Higher Fungi (Mushrooms) and Endophytic Fungi from Slovenia. Pharm. Biol. 45:700-706.
Crossref

 
 

Méndez CC, Serrano MC, Valverde A, Martín-Mazuelos E, Pemán J, Almeida C (2008). Comparison of E-Test®, disk diffusion and a modified CLSI broth microdilution (M 38-A) method for in vitrotesting of itraconazole, fluconazole and voriconazole against dermatophytes. Med. Mycol. 46:119-123.
Crossref

 
 

National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) (2003). Methods for Dilution Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests for Bacteria That Grow Aerobically; Approved Standard M7-A6, 6th ed. 20 (2), NCCLS, Wayne.

 
 

Owen NL, Hundley N (2004). Endophytes--the chemical synthesizers inside plants. Sci. Prog. 87:79-99.
Crossref

 
 

Radić N, Štrukelj B (2012). Review: Endophytic fungi—The treasure chest of antibacterial substances. Phytomedicine 19:1270-1284.
Crossref

 
 

Raviraja NS, Maria GL, Sridhar KR (2006). Antimicrobial Evaluation of Endophytic Fungi Inhabiting Medicinal Plants of the Western Ghats of India. Eng. Life Sci. 6:515-520.
Crossref

 
 

Rodriguez R, Redman R (2008). More than 400 million years of evolution and some plants still can't make it on their own: plant stress tolerance via fungal symbiosis. J. Exp. Bot. 59:1109-1114.
Crossref

 
 

Rodriguez RJ, White JF Jr, Arnold AE, Redman RS (2009). Fungal endophytes: diversity and functional roles. New Phytol. 182:314-330.
Crossref

 
 

Schulz B, Boyle CD, Draeger S, Römmert A, Krohn K (2002). Endophytic fungi: a source of novel biologically active secondary metabolites. Mycol. Res. 106: 996-1004.
Crossref

 
 

Strobel G, Daisy B (2003). Bioprospecting for Microbial Endophytes and Their Natural Products. Microbiol. Mol. Biol. Rev. 67:491-502.
Crossref

 
 

Sumarah MW, Kesting JR, Sørensen D, Miller JD (2011). Antifungal metabolites from fungal endophytes of Pinus strobus. Phytochemistry 72:1833-1837.
Crossref

 
 

Vaz ABM, Mota RC, Bomfim MRQ, Vieira MLA, Zani CL, Rosa CA, Rosa LH (2009). Antimicrobial activity of endophytic fungi associated with Orchidaceae in Brazil. Can. J. Microbiol. 55:1381-1391.
Crossref

 
 

Wang LW, Xu BG, Wang JY, Su ZZ, Lin FC, Zhang CL, Kubicek C (2012). Bioactive metabolites from Phoma species, an endophytic fungus from the Chinese medicinal plant Arisaema erubescens. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 93:1231-1239.
Crossref

 
 

White TJ, Bruns T, Lee S, Taylor J (1990). Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. In PCR Protocols : A guide to Methods and Applications (ed. M. A. Innis, D. H. Gelfand, J. J. Sninsky & T. J. White), Academic Press : San Diego, U.S.A. pp. 315-322.
Crossref

 
 

WHO (2014). Disease and Injury Regional Mortality Estimates, 2000-2011.

 
 

Wicklow DT, Roth S, Deyrup ST, Gloer JB (2005). A protective endophyte of maize: Acremonium zeae antibiotics inhibitory to Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides. Mycol. Res. 109:610–618.
Crossref

 
 

Xiaoye S, Dongqi Z, Jian G, Chenglin H (2012). Isolation and evaluation of endophytic fungi with antimicrobial ability from Phyllostachys edulis. Bangladesh J. Pharmacol. 7:249-257.

 
 

Xuanwei Z, Huifang Z, Lu L, Lin J, Kexuan T (2010). A review: recent advances and future prospects of taxol-producing endophytic fungi. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 86:1707-1717.
Crossref