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- Title
Bioactivites of Penicillium citrinum isolated from a medicinal plant Swertia chirayita.
- Authors
Sharma, Hemant; Rai, Arun Kumar; Chettri, Rajen; Nigam, Poonam Singh
- Abstract
Endophytes associated with plants have the property to produce active biomolecules with their possible applications in agro-industrial sectors. This study provides a project work on analyzing various activities of fungal endophytes isolated from Swertia chirayita of Sikkim Himalayan region. Among several fungal endophytes screened, isolate UTCRF6 was found most active with the secretion of enzymes protease, cellulase, amylase and chitinase, as well as other metabolites Indoleacetic acid and siderophores. This endophyte was found active in restricting the growth of phyto-pathogens, including strains of Fusarium solani, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, Alternaria alternata, Pestalotiopsis theae and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Morphological and molecular studies of this endophytic fungus showed similarity with Penicillium citrinum.
- Subjects
ENDOPHYTIC fungi; SWERTIA; FUSARIUM solani; MEDICINAL plants; PENICILLIUM; SCLEROTINIA sclerotiorum; ALTERNARIA alternata
- Publication
Archives of Microbiology, 2021, Vol 203, Issue 8, p5173
- ISSN
0302-8933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00203-021-02498-x