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| Title |
Identification and bioactive potential of endophytic fungi isolated from selected plants of the Western Himalayas
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| Published in |
SpringerPlus, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/2193-1801-2-8 |
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| Authors |
Masroor Qadri, Sarojini Johri, Bhahwal A Shah, Anamika Khajuria, Tabasum Sidiq, Surrinder K Lattoo, Malik Z Abdin, Syed Riyaz-Ul-Hassan |
| Abstract |
This study was conducted to characterize and explore the endophytic fungi of selected plants from the Western Himalayas for their bioactive potential. A total of 72 strains of endophytic fungi were isolated and characterized morphologically as well as on the basis of ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 ribosomal gene sequence acquisition and analyses. The fungi represented 27 genera of which two belonged to Basidiomycota, each representing a single isolate, while the rest of the isolates comprised of Ascomycetous fungi. Among the isolated strains, ten isolates could not be assigned to a genus as they displayed a maximum sequence similarity of 95% or less with taxonomically characterized organisms. Among the host plants, the conifers, Cedrus deodara, Pinus roxburgii and Abies pindrow harbored the most diverse fungi, belonging to 13 different genera, which represented almost half of the total genera isolated. Several extracts prepared from the fermented broth of these fungi demonstrated strong bioactivity against E. coli and S. aureus with the lowest IC(50) of 18 μg/ml obtained with the extract of Trichophaea abundans inhabiting Pinus sp. In comparison, extracts from only three endophytes were significantly inhibitory to Candida albicans, an important fungal pathogen. Further, 24 endophytes inhibited three or more phytopathogens by at least 50% in co-culture, among a panel of seven test organisms. Extracts from 17 fungi possessed immuno-modulatory activities with five of them showing significant immune suppression as demonstrated by the in vitro lymphocyte proliferation assay. This study is an important step towards tapping the endophytic fungal diversity from the Western Himalayas and assessing their bioactive potential. Further studies on the selected endophytes may lead to the isolation of novel natural products for use in medicine, industry and agriculture. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 217 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 213 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 54 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 28 | 13% |
| Researcher | 24 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 19 | 9% |
| Other | 49 | 23% |
| Unknown | 23 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 105 | 48% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 24 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 18 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 13 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 19 | 9% |
| Unknown | 32 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 December 2016.
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#6,757,931
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Outputs from SpringerPlus
#419
of 1,852 outputs
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#74,433
of 282,285 outputs
Outputs of similar age from SpringerPlus
#8
of 73 outputs
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