Nature and bioactivities of endolichenic fungi in Pseudocyphellaria sp., Parmotrema sp. and Usnea sp. at Hakgala montane forest in Sri Lanka

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 203-209

  Kannangara, B T S D P ^a   Rajapaksha, R S C G ^a   Paranagama, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Antifungal activities; Endolichenic fungi; Fungi; Lichens; Substrate specificity

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; SUBSTRATES;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES; CHRYSOSPORIUM; ENDOLICHENIC FUNGUS; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS; FUNGAL STRAINS; LICHEN; MONTANE FORESTS; PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGUS; SRI LANKA; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

FUNGI;

CELLULOSE; LIGNIN; PECTIN; STARCH;

BIOACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FORESTRY; FUNGI; PATHOGENS; TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOACTIVITY; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME; FUNGUS; GROWTH; LICHEN; PATHOGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSTRATE;

ACREMONIUM; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BROOMELLA; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVULARIA; ENDOPHYTE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOREST; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; FUSARIUM; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LICHENS; NIGROSPORA; NONHUMAN; PARMOTREMA; PENICILLIUM; PERICONIA; PHOMA; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT TISSUE; PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA; SRI LANKA; THALLUS; USNEA;

ASIA; CENTRAL PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; EURASIA; HAKGALA STRICT NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

CHRYSOSPORIUM SP.; CLADOSPORIUM; FUNGI; NIGROSPORA; PARMOTREMA; PSEUDOCYPHELLARIA; USNEA;

EID: 58449105105     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2008.02512.x     Document Type: Article

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